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12 words match “BULLFINCH”

BULLFINCH n.
A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
ALP n.
A bullfinch. Rom. of R.
BLOODULF n.
The European bullfinch.
BURION n.
easted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]
MONK n.
The European bullfinch. Monk bat (Zoöl.), a South American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live in communities by themselves. -- Monk bird(Zoöl.), the friar bird. -- Monk seal (Zoöl.), a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and t…
NOPE n.
A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
OLF n.
The European bullfinch. [Prov.Eng.]
PLUM n.
00 sterling; also, the person possessing it. Plum bird, Plum budder (Zoöl.), the European bullfinch. -- Plum gouger (Zoöl.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. -- Plu…
REDHOOP n.
The male of the European bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
SHIRLEY n.
The bullfinch.
THICKBILL n.
The bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
TONNIHOOD n.
The female of the bullfinch; -- called also tonyhoop. [Prov. Eng.]