Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.

    Grünfink, Grünling

    зелену́шкаzelenúška

  2. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Eurasia.

    European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris,Fringilla Chloris),mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.

  3. (Northern Ireland, historical, informal)A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

  4. A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

    (Northern Ireland, UK, broadly, historical, informal, slang)A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The European greenfinch is a stout, cold-resistant bird.

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Translations

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genus Chloris:
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genus Chloris:

Forms

plural: greenfinches
Singulargreenfinch
Pluralgreenfinches

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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