greenfinch
nounAU, UK /ˈɡɹiːn.fɪnt͡ʃ/ · CA, US /ˈɡɹin.fɪnt͡ʃ/
Etymology Compound of green + finch.
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Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.
- The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable.2016 July 14, Peter Davidson, Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 135:
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European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris,Fringilla Chloris),mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
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Northern Ireland, Historical, Informal A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
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Government, Military, Politics, War Northern Ireland, UK, Broadly, Historical, Informal, Slang A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment.