bullfinch
See also: bull-finch
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
bullfinch (plural bullfinches)
- The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
- Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.
- (UK, archaic, hunting, slang) A large, thick quickset hedge.
- 1900, H. B. Yerburgh, Leaves from a hunting diary in Essex, page 180:
- Young Hurrell turned them on the right; the officer on the polo pony and Mr. Westall, between them, dissected a "bullfinch" on the left, but the ditch and the briars took toll of the former.
Synonyms edit
- (P. pyrrhula) Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch, (UK, regional) pope
Translations edit
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
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