CHAFFINCH


Meaning of CHAFFINCH in English

/ ˈtʃæfɪntʃ; NAmE / noun

a small European bird of the finch family

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English ceaffinc chaff finch (because it forages around barns, picking seeds out of the chaff).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.