chaffinch
noun/ˈtʃæfɪntʃ/
/ˈtʃæfɪntʃ/
- a small European bird of the finch familyTopics Birdsc2Word OriginOld English ceaffinc ‘chaff finch’ (because it forages around barns, picking seeds out of the chaff).
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