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Webster 1913 Edition

Bullfinch

Bull′finchˊ

Noun.

(Zool.)

A bird of the genus

Pyrrhula

and other related genera, especially the

Pyrrhula vulgaris

Pyrrhula rubicilla

, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.

☞ As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs.

Crimson-fronted bullfinch

(Zool.)

See

Burion

–

Pine bullfinch

the pine finch.

Definition 2024

bullfinch

See also: bull-finch

English

Alternative forms

bull-finch

Noun

bullfinch ‎(plural bullfinches)

The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.

Synonyms

(P. pyrrhula) Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch, (UK, regional) pope

Translations

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Belarusian: ^{(please verify)}снягі́р m ‎(snjahír)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)}червенушка f ‎(červenuška)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)}灰雀 ‎(huīquè)
Czech: hýl obecný m
Danish: dompap (da) c
Dutch: goudvink (nl) m
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)}pirolo
Faroese: prýðisígða f
Finnish: punatulkku (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)}bouvreuil (fr) m
German: Gimpel (de) m, Dompfaff (de) m
Icelandic: dómpápi (is) m
Interlingue: ^{(please verify)}pírrul
Italian: ciuffolotto m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)}ウソ ‎(uso)
Latin: ^{(please verify)}pyrrhula f
Latvian: ^{(please verify)}svilpis m
Lule Sami: ^{(please verify)}ruoppsisradde

Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)}Pillo m
Manx: ree ruy m
Norman: ^{(please verify)}bouv'theu m (Jersey), moigne (Guernsey), moigne-parfait (Guernsey), piôme (Guernsey)
Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)}ruksesruoivil
Norwegian: dompap (no) m
Polish: ^{(please verify)}gil (pl) m
Portuguese: dom-fafe m
Romanian: botroș (ro) m
Russian: снеги́рь (ru) m ‎(snegírʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: buidhean na coille m, deargan-coille m, deargan-fraoich m, gealbhonn-cuileann m
Shor: шурчақ ‎(şurçaq)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)}hýľ obyčajný m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)}camachuelo m
Swedish: domherre (sv) c
Udmurt: шушы ‎(šušy)
Ukrainian: снігу́р m ‎(snihúr)
Welsh: coch y berllan m

other Old World finches

Romanian: botroș (ro) (Pyrrhula vulgaris)
Russian: снеги́рь (ru) m ‎(snegírʹ)

Scottish Gaelic: corcan-coille m (Pyrrhula vulgaris)

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Bullfinch

Bull′finchˊ

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bullfinch

bullfinch

English

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