greenfinch

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greenfinch

/ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/ Australia, UK
/ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ/ Canada, US

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Compound of green + finch. Cognate with Alemannic German Grüefink, Dutch groenvink, German Grünfink, Icelandic grænfinka, North Frisian greenfink, Norwegian Bokmål grønnfink, Norwegian Nynorsk grønfink, Swedish grönfink, and West Frisian grienfink.

noun greenfinches

Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia. The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable.
Similar: green bird
European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris,Fringilla Chloris),mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
Similar: green bird
Northern Ireland, historical, informal A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
Northern Ireland, UK, broadly, historical, informal, slang A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment.

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noun genus Chloris

Español	verderón
中文	金翅雀屬 /金翅雀属 jīnchìquèshǔ
Português	verdilhão
Français	verdier
Deutsch	Grünfink, Grünling
Italiano	verdone comune, verdone, verdello
Ελληνικά	φλώρος flóros
Română	florinte
Русский	зелену́шка zelenúška

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@misc{greenfinch_2026,
  title = {greenfinch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/greenfinch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}