| 单词 | house finch |
| 释义 | house finch in British English (haʊs fɪntʃ) noun another name for linnet (sense 2) linnet in British English (ˈlɪnɪt) noun 1. a brownish Old World finch, Acanthis cannabina: the male has a red breast and forehead 2. Also called: house finch a similar and related North American bird, Carpodacus mexicanus Word origin C16: from Old French linotte, ultimately from Latin līnum flax (because the bird feeds on flaxseeds)house finch in American Englishnoun a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump Word origin [1865–70, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black belt, goulash, springboard, tick-tack-toe, valence |
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