finch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

WordNet

Finch noun
Etymology
AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.
Wordforms
plural Fishes
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ. ✍ The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Chaucer.

Webster 1913