GRASS FINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grass finch mean? 

• GRASS FINCH (noun)
  The noun GRASS FINCH has 2 senses:

1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

2. common North American finch noted for its evening song

  Familiarity information: GRASS FINCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRASS FINCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass finch; grassfinch

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common North American finch noted for its evening song

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass finch; Pooecetes gramineus; vesper sparrow

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)