finch
n. countablen. a small bird with a short, strong beak that it uses for eating seeds. You can find many different types of these birds all over the world.
n. any of numerous small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae, characterized by a short, stout, conical bill adapted for crushing seeds.
A colorful finch landed on the bird feeder.
Darwin's observations of the varying beak shapes among finches in the Galápagos Islands provided crucial evidence for his theory of natural selection and evolutionary adaptation.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English finch From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic finki, from Proto-Germanic finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).