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GRASSFINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grassfinch mean? 

GRASSFINCH (noun)
  The noun GRASSFINCH has 1 sense:

1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birdsplay

  Familiarity information: GRASSFINCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRASSFINCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass finch; grassfinch

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

weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grassfinch"):

Poephila castanotis; zebra finch (small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's)

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

genus Poephila; Poephila (grassfinches)


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