mountain finch
noun
A snow finch of the Asian genus Montifringilla (family Ploceidae).
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and theologian. After post-classical Latin montifringilla (C. Gesner Historia Animalium, after earlier use in T. Gaza Aristotelis de Natura Animalium), itself after ancient Greek ὀρόσπιζος (Aristotle).
- subnotochordal
- subnuclear
- subnucleus
- subobscure
- subobscurely
- suboccipital
- suboccipital nerve
- suboceanic
- sub-octave
- subocular
- sub-officer
- subopercle
- subopercular
- suboperculiform
- suboperculum
- suboptimal
- suboptimally
- suboptimization
- suboptimum
- suborbicular
- suborbital
- suborbitary
- subordain
- suborder
- subordered