单词 | strasbourg finch |
释义 | > as lemmasStrasbourg finch Strasbourg finch n. Obsolete a small songbird found in the region of Strasbourg.Noted by Gesner (mid 16th cent.), and often supposed to be a local form of the linnet, Linaria cannabina, though perhaps rather to be identified with the rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus. [Compare French gyntel de Strasbourg (1779; the first element is < German (now regional: Alsace) Gintel, denoting a small songbird found in the region of Strasbourg (16th cent.)).] extracted from Strasbourgn.< as lemmas |
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