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grassfinch

Definitions of grassfinch
  1. noun
    usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
    synonyms: grass finch
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    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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