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hawfinch
[ haw-finch ]
noun
- a European grosbeak, Coccothraustes coccothraustes.
hawfinch
/ ˈhɔːˌfɪntʃ /
noun
- an uncommon European finch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, having a very stout bill and brown plumage with black-and-white wings
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Old man Tyler could lay his Hawfinch half a point nearer the wind than a chap has a right to expect from an archbishop.
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Occasionally that shy bird, the hawfinch, is seen on a wet, quiet day picking up white-beam kernels and seeds.
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It altogether sounds as though it might have been a hawfinch.
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If so, we might look them over for a Hawfinch's nest about May 10th.
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Sims describes the Hawfinch's immobile upper jaw, which is used as a powerful press in cracking the stones of fresh fruit.
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