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PRONUNCIATION OF GRASSFINCH

grassfinch  [ˈɡrɑːsˌfɪntʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRASSFINCH

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Grassfinch is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GRASSFINCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grassfinch in the English dictionary

The definition of grassfinch in the dictionary is any Australian weaverbird of the genus Poephila and related genera, many of which are brightly coloured and kept as cagebirds.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRASSFINCH


bullfinch
ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ
chaffinch
ˈtʃæfɪntʃ
chinch
tʃɪntʃ
cinch
sɪntʃ
clinch
klɪntʃ
finch
fɪntʃ
flinch
flɪntʃ
goldfinch
ˈɡəʊldˌfɪntʃ
greenfinch
ˈɡriːnˌfɪntʃ
grinch
ɡrɪntʃ
hawfinch
ˈhɔːˌfɪntʃ
inch
ɪntʃ
linch
lɪntʃ
lynch
lɪntʃ
Minch
mɪntʃ
pinch
pɪntʃ
quinche
kwɪntʃ
rosefinch
ˈrəʊzˌfɪntʃ
squinch
skwɪntʃ
winch
wɪntʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRASSFINCH

grass roots
grass skirt
grass snake
grass tree
grass up
grass widow
grass widower
grass-of-Parnassus
grass-roots
grasser
grasshook
grasshopper
grasshopper warbler
grassier
grassiest
grassily
grassiness
grassland
grassless
grasslike

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRASSFINCH

acre-inch
at a pinch
column inch
every inch
Gouldian finch
half-inch
house finch
inch by inch
indigo finch
rosy finch
the Minch
the pinch
twelve-inch
weaver finch
zebra finch

Synonyms and antonyms of grassfinch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «grassfinch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRASSFINCH

Find out the translation of grassfinch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grassfinch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grassfinch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

grassfinch
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grassfinch
570 millions of speakers

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grassfinch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grassfinch
380 millions of speakers
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grassfinch
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

grassfinch
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

grassfinch
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grassfinch
260 millions of speakers

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grassfinch
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Translator English - Malay

Grassfinch
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grassfinch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grassfinch
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

grassfinch
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suket
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grassfinch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grassfinch
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grassfinch
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grassfinch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grassfinch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

grassfinch
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grassfinch
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

grassfinch
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

grassfinch
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grassfinch
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grassfinch
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grassfinch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRASSFINCH»

The term «grassfinch» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.226 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRASSFINCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grassfinch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRASSFINCH»

Discover the use of grassfinch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grassfinch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grassfinches in Australia
ENGLISH NAMES Banded Finch 206 Barley Bird 247 Barley Sparrow 247 Banded Grassfinch 173 Beautiful Firetail 48 Bicheno's Finch 206 Black-headed Finch 279 Black-headed Mannikin 279 Black-headed Munia 279 Black-headed Nun ...
Joseph Michael Forshaw, Mark Shephard, 2012
2
Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America: The Passerines
The Passerines Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor. Grassfinch has a longer and more pointed tail, is not as gray on face and underparts. In e. Brazil, cf. the very local Pale-throated Serra Finch. Found in pairs or small family groups, not as- sociating ...
Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor, 2009
3
Finches
Percy Measday Soderberg. Heck's Grassfinch HECK'S GRASSFINCH {Poephila hecki) This is very little different in appearance from the Long-tailed species apart from the fact that the Long-tailed Grassfinch has a yellow beak while that of ...
Percy Measday Soderberg, 1956
4
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets / Being a selection, with ...
The whitethroat has this note, as well as the song sparrow, treesparrow (a winterbird), foxsparrow, whitecrown, chippy, fieldsparrow, grassfinch,in fact allour brownbacked sparrows.Butthe song of thewhitethroat ishis own, and may be heard ...
Various, 2014
5
Biological Emergences: Evolution by Natural Experiment
Unfortunately, “conceiving how female predilection for sexy head gear can suck a crest of feathers out of a male grassfinch's head is rather difficult.” Nothing of the kind has in fact appeared naturally in any of the 120 species of grassfinch, ...
Robert G. B. Reid, 2007
6
Birds: A Guide to a Mixed Collection
A Long-Tailed Grassfinch and (right) a Heck's Grassfinch A group of Masked Grassfinches Opposite: a Green Singing Finch. hard seed until they have gone through this moult. The Gouldian should not be bred until fully adult (usually one year) ...
Irene Christie, 1985
7
The Avicultural Magazine
1898 Masked (White-eared) Grassfinch Oct. 1900 Masked Grassfinch Feb. ig36 Masked (White-eared) Grassfinch Nov. 1939 Masked Grassfinch Oct. 1900 Long- tailed Grassfinch Nov. 1936 Long-tailed Grassfinch Dec. 1935 Cherry ...
‎1974
8
A Birdkeeper's Guide to Finches
... Bicheno Finch jf V7 ~ Also known as the Owl finch because of the head patterning. Long-tailed. Grassfinch. Poephila acuticauda - O Distribution: Northern Australia. O Size: 11 .5cm(4.5in). O Diet: A mixture of millets and canary seed, with ...
David Alderton, 1988
9
Aviary birds in colour
This red-billed race is probably less widely kept than the typical yellow-billed Long-tailed Grassfinch (P. acuticauda). Head silvery grey; upper surfaces and wings pale fawn-grey, a darker shade on the wings; underparts fawn; large oval throat ...
Dennis Avon, Frank Woolham, 1974
10
Birds Imported Into the United States in 1971
Common Name Star Finch Zebra Finch White Zebra Finch Grey Zebra Finch Masked Zebra Finch Flower Zebra Finch Owl Finch Bichenow Finch Bicheno Masked Grassfinch Grassfinch Long-tailed Grassfinch Scientific Name м200пт1а  ...
Roger B. Clapp, Richard C. Banks, 1973

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« EDUCALINGO. Grassfinch [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/grassfinch>. Apr 2024 ».
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