Phrase Hound found 40 phrases and 34 compound words that contain finch. The most common are listed below. Open finch in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 40
- zebra finchA small Australasian weaverbird of the genus Taeniopygia that has markings similar to a zebra.
- trumpeter finchA species of finch, Bucanetes githagineus, known for its buzzing nasal trill
- Bengalese finchA domesticated estrildid finch, Lonchura striata domestica or Lonchura domestica, thought to have been bred from the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata).
- golden-naped finchA bird native to Asia, Pyrrhoplectes epauletta.
- Darwin's finchAny of a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds found mainly on the Galápagos Islands, often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini, not closely related to true finches.
- purple finchHaemorhous purpureus, a fringillid bird.
- star finchAn Australian species of estrildid finch, Neochmia ruficauda.
- painted finchEmblema pictum, a common estrildid finch of Australia.
- spice finchscaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- masked finchA species of estrildid finch, Poephila personata, endemic to northern Australia.
- Atticus FinchAn honest lawyer who defends the underprivileged and persecuted.
- bull-finchAlternative form of bullfinch: The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- cherry finchSynonym of plum-headed finch: Emblema modestum, a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia.
- crimson finchA species of red plumaged estrildid finch, Neochmia phaeton, of Australia and New Guinea.
- house finchA passerine bird of species Haemorhous mexicanus, in the family Fringillidae.
- mountain finchAny bird of the genus Leucosticte.
- warbler-finchAny of various birds in Certhidea.
- cuckoo-finchA species of bird, Anomalospiza imberbis.
- rosy finchAny of a number of finches of the genus Leucosticte, having pinkish plumage.
- koa finchAn extinct Hawaiian honeycreeper of the genus Rhodacanthis.
- double-barred finchA species of estrildid finch, Stizoptera bichenovii, of Australia, having two dark bars across the its white chest.
- plum-headed finchEmblema modestum, a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia.
- vampire ground finchGeospiza septentrionalis, a small bird native to the Galapagos Islands that occasionally feeds by drinking the blood of other birds.
- melba finchPytilia melba, an estrildid finch of Africa.
- chestnut-eared finchA bird of species Taeniopygia castanotis.
Compound words 34
- bullfinchThe Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- chaffinchA small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
- FinchleyA suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2590).
- goldfinchAny of several small passerine birds of the finch family
- rosefinchAny of the birds in the genus Carpodacus of the finch family.
- brushfinchAny bird of the genus Atlapetes.
- fallowfinchA bird, the wheatear or stonechat.
- finchbillAny of the birds in the genus Spizixos, found in Southeast Asia and China.
- fincheryA structure into which finches are decoyed so that they can be caught in a net.
- finchlikeResembling or characteristic of a finch.