PURPLE FINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple finch mean? 

• PURPLE FINCH (noun)
  The noun PURPLE FINCH has 1 sense:

1. North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump

  Familiarity information: PURPLE FINCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE FINCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Carpodacus purpureus; purple finch

Hypernyms ("purple finch" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("purple finch" is a member of...):

Carpodacus; genus Carpodacus (house finches and purple finches)