BULLFINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bullfinch mean? 

• BULLFINCH (noun)
  The noun BULLFINCH has 2 senses:

1. United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)

2. common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

  Familiarity information: BULLFINCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULLFINCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bullfinch; Charles Bullfinch

Instance hypernyms:

architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bullfinch; Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Hypernyms ("bullfinch" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Holonyms ("bullfinch" is a member of...):

genus Pyrrhula; Pyrrhula (bullfinches)