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grass finch

DEFINITIONS OF: grass finch

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n common North American finch noted for its evening song

Synonyms:
Pooecetes gramineus, vesper sparrow
Type of:
New World sparrow
sparrow-like North American finches

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

Synonyms:
grassfinch
Types:
Poephila castanotis, zebra finch
small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
Type of:
weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird
finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
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