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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf.

(Zool.)

A bird of Europe (

Fringilla cœlebs

), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; – called also

copper finch

Noun.

A species of birds of the genus Fringilla, which are said to delight in chaff, and are admired for their song.