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grass finch

noun

1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

• Syn: ↑grassfinch

• Hypernyms: ↑weaver, ↑weaverbird, ↑weaver finch

• Hyponyms: ↑zebra finch, ↑Poephila castanotis

• Member Holonyms: ↑Poephila, ↑genus Poephila

2. common North American finch noted for its evening song

• Syn: ↑vesper sparrow, ↑Pooecetes gramineus

• Hypernyms: ↑New World sparrow

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pooecetes, ↑genus Pooecetes

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noun

1. : vesper sparrow

2. : any of various weaverbirds; especially : an Australian member of the genus Poephila

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1. any of several Australian weaverbirds, esp. of the genus Poephila.

2. the vesper sparrow.

Also, grassfinch.

[1775-85, Amer.]

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grass finch,

1. = vesper sparrow. (Cf. ↑vesper sparrow)

2. any one of certain weaverbirds of Australia.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.