Definition of greenfinch in English:
greenfinch
noun ˈɡriːnfɪn(t)ʃˈɡrinfɪn(t)ʃ
A Eurasian finch with green and yellow plumage.
Genus Carduelis, family Fringillidae: three species, in particular the common C. chloris of Europe and the Middle East
Example sentencesExamples
- Outside the breeding season you will always find greenfinches in small flocks.
- Two or more greenfinches will fly some distance to the garden shrub Daphne mezereum L., usually in June, to devour every one of its hundreds of large seeds.
- The numbers of greenfinches have increased over the years, but so have the primroses!
- In the mid 1960s deaths from salmonellosis were reported in greenfinches and house sparrows feeding at bird tables in gardens.
- Birds will be roosting in your Leylandii hedge - especially greenfinches which prefer to roost in conifer.
Definition of greenfinch in US English:
greenfinch
nounˈɡrēnfin(t)SHˈɡrinfɪn(t)ʃ
A Eurasian finch with green and yellow plumage.
Genus Carduelis, family Fringillidae: three species, in particular the common C. chloris of Europe and the Middle East
Example sentencesExamples
- In the mid 1960s deaths from salmonellosis were reported in greenfinches and house sparrows feeding at bird tables in gardens.
- Two or more greenfinches will fly some distance to the garden shrub Daphne mezereum L., usually in June, to devour every one of its hundreds of large seeds.
- Birds will be roosting in your Leylandii hedge - especially greenfinches which prefer to roost in conifer.
- The numbers of greenfinches have increased over the years, but so have the primroses!
- Outside the breeding season you will always find greenfinches in small flocks.