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zebra finch

Meaning of "zebra finch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZEBRA FINCH

zebra finch


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZEBRA FINCH

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Zebra finch is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ZEBRA FINCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zebra finch

The Zebra Finch , is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia and ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool moist south and some areas of the tropical far north. It can also be found natively in Indonesia and East Timor. The bird has been introduced to Puerto Rico, Portugal, Brazil and the United States.

Definition of zebra finch in the English dictionary

The definition of zebra finch in the dictionary is any of various Australasian songbirds with zebra-like markings, such as the grassfinch Poephila castanotis.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZEBRA FINCH

zebec · zebeck · Zebedee · zebra · zebra crossing · zebra mussel · zebra plant · zebra stripes · zebra-like · zebrafish · zebraic · zebrano · zebrass · zebrawood · zebrine · zebrinny · zebroid · zebrula · zebu · zebub

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZEBRA FINCH

at a pinch · bullfinch · chaffinch · cinch · clinch · every inch · finch · goldfinch · Gouldian finch · grassfinch · greenfinch · hawfinch · house finch · inch · indigo finch · pinch · rosefinch · rosy finch · weaver finch · winch

Synonyms and antonyms of zebra finch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zebra finch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZEBRA FINCH

Find out the translation of zebra finch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of zebra finch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «zebra finch» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

斑胸草雀
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

pinzón cebra
570 millions of speakers
en

English

zebra finch
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ज़ेबरा चिड़िया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حمار وحشي فينش
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Zebra Finch
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

passarinho de zebra
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জেব্রা ফিঞ্চ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

diamant mandarin
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tengkuk zebra
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zebrafinken
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

キンカチョウ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

얼룩말 핀치
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Zebra finch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngựa vằn finch
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Zebra finch
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

झेब्रा फिंच
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Zebra fincanı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Zebra Finch
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zebra Finch
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

Zebra Finch
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cintezelor zebră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

zebra finch
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sebras finch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

zebra finch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sebra finch
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZEBRA FINCH»

Discover the use of zebra finch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zebra finch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Zebra Finch: A Synthesis of Field and Laboratory Studies
Aviculturists who keep these attractive birds will also find much of interest in this book.
Richard A. Zann, 1996
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The Zebra Finch: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
Author Matthew Vriends, Ph.D. also emphasizes ways to keep your bird happy and mentally stimulated. Best of all, this book is filled with info-packed sidebars and fun facts to make caring for your pet easy and enjoyable.
Matthew Vriends, 1997
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Guide to Owning a Zebra Finch
This exciting and beautifully photographed Zebra Finch book contains valuable and authoritative information in a sensible and easy-to-read style.
Rod Fischer, 1997
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Assessing Hearing Loss Due to Ototoxic Drugs in the Zebra Finch
At three days post the completion of KM treatment, zebra finch threshold shifts as a function of frequency show only slightly increased threshold shifts as compared to those displayed after 6 days of injections. Approximately 12 days after the ...
Kristina Michelle DeAngelo, 2008
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Temporal Structure in Zebra Finch Song: Implications for the ...
Chapter 5 Development of Sequence Structure and Timing Variability in Zebra Finch Song Sequence learning is one of the touchstone questions in neuroscience (e.g. Lash- ley, 1951; Hikosaka et al., 2002; Keele et al., 2003; Rhodes et al., ...
Christopher Mulholland Glaze, 2008
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The Structure of the Zebra Finch Cholinergic Basal Forebrain ...
Tal Levin. such activity in HVC points to a pathway specific profile. Of considerable interest however, is the similarity of the results from these studies to the responses of behaving zebra finches. As previously mentioned, the different cell types ...
Tal Levin, 2008
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Albatross to Zebra Finch: Birds from A to Z
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Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, 2010
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Regulation of Prolactin Secretion in a Nonphotoperiodic ...
Christensen, D. E. & Vleck, C. M. 2007b Prolactin release and response to vasoactive intestinal peptide in an opportunistic breeder, the zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata). submitted. Corcoran, D. H. & Proudman, J. A. 1991 Isoforms of turkey ...
Debora Ellen Christensen, 2007
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The Differences Between the Sexes
Songbirds like the zebra finch are renowned for their vocal learning abilities. Could learning be responsible for the sex difference in contact calls? This possibility was tested by using a cross-fostering experiment, which involved placing small ...
R. V. Short, E. Balaban, 1994
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Grassfinches in Australia
Zebra Finch emerged over the following two decades, and in 1991 the Federation of Zebra Finch Societies Australia became the peak body representing the fancy in Australia. Members of the Federation now include the Lake Macquarie Zebra ...
Joseph Michael Forshaw, Mark Shephard, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZEBRA FINCH»

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Bad parenting? Baby zebra finch don't tolerate it. They look for better …
Bad parenting is for the birds. Even baby zebra finch know this. Newly hatched chicks whose parents are poor foragers often get stressed from lack of food, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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SSPCA officers save tame zebra finch after it flies INTO Scots pet shop
The owner of the stray zebra finch is now being sought by Scottish SPCA . ... Inspector Janet Proudlock said, “The zebra finch has an identity ring on her leg and ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
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Brain activity analysis in zebra finches yields interesting results …
The research showed that by silencing of neurons in the arcopallium, a region in the brain known to be responsible for song generation, that zebra finch songs ... «Medical Xpress, Jan 15»
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Proof that birds pick nest materials with camouflage in mind
Adult male zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata. ... Zebra finch nests camouflaged with paper strips that matched the wallpaper of their enclosure (left), although ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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Zebra Finch Behavioral Study Attempts To Connect Birdsong With …
“There are remarkable analogies in how zebra finch song and human speech are learned and produced,” the study authors wrote. Making these analogies ... «Pioneer News, Jan 15»
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Scientists Discover That Drunk Birds Sing Like Drunks
Christopher Olson and his colleagues at Oregon Health and Science University recently set out to find if the same was true for birds, specifically zebra finches. «NPR, Dec 14»
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For bird sperm, size (not speed) matters most
New research shows that sperm length is more influential than sperm speed for zebra finches. Researchers carried out sperm competition experiments between ... «Futurity: Research News, Dec 14»
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Supplementary Materials
For each species with an ENSEMBL annotated genome in the study (human, zebra finch, and macaque) the ENSEMBL ID is shown along with which microarray ... «Science Careers Blog, Dec 14»
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Bad parenting could give zebra finches the evolutionary edge
In a study published today in Ecology and Evolution, we experimentally investigated this idea using captive zebra finches. These finches are well studied and ... «The Conversation UK, Nov 14»
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For a friendlier zebra finch, just add stress
A new study shows that adding stress hormones to the diet of developing zebra finches has an unexpectedly positive effect. When the birds reach independence ... «Science News, Nov 14»
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