noun
North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump
• Syn: ↑Carpodacus purpureus
• Hypernyms: ↑finch
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carpodacus, ↑genus Carpodacus
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noun : an American finch (Carpodacus purpureus) the male of which has the head and breast raspberry red
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a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump. See illus. under finch.
[1720-30, Amer.]
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purple finch noun
An American finch, the male of which has a red head and breast
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Main Entry: ↑purple
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purple finch,
a sparrow-sized finch of eastern North America, the male of which has a rose-colored breast, head, and rump.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.