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GRASS FINCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common North American finch noted for its evening song

Synonyms:

grass finch; Pooecetes gramineus; vesper sparrow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("grass finch" is a kind of...):

New World sparrow (sparrow-like North American finches)

Holonyms ("grass finch" is a member of...):

genus Pooecetes; Pooecetes (a genus of Fringillidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

Synonyms:

grass finch; grassfinch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("grass finch" is a kind of...):

weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grass finch"):

Poephila castanotis; zebra finch (small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's)

Holonyms ("grass finch" is a member of...):

genus Poephila; Poephila (grassfinches)

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