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finch(dictionary)
finch(encyclopedia)
finch(dictionary)
vida finch(medicine)
whydah finch(medicine)
Darwin's finch(encyclopedia)

grandee (oh) and finch (medicine)


grandee (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Spanish; Origin: grande, from Latin grandis; GRAND1]
a politician of the highest social class who has a lot of influence
a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank, in the past

finch (medicine)


finch


Origin: AS. Finc; akin to D. Vink, OHG. Fincho, G. Fink; cf. W. Pinc a finch; also E. Spink.

<zoology> A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.

The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See Brambling. Canary finch, the canary bird. Copper finch. See Chaffinch. Diamond finch. See Diamond.

<zoology> Finch falcon, one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax. To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. "Privily a finch eke could he pull."

Source: Websters Dictionary