hawfinch

English
A hawfinch

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Etymology

haw (“berry of the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna”) + finch. Named by English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676.

Noun

hawfinch (plural hawfinches)

  1. A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.

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