chaffinch

[ chaf-inch ]

/ ˈtʃæf ɪntʃ /

a common finch, Fringilla coelebs, of the Old World, often kept as a pet.

Origin of chaffinch

1400–50; late Middle English chaffynche, Old English ceaffinc. See chaff¹, finch

chafe, chafer, chafeweed, chaff, chaffer, chaffinch, chaffy, chafing dish, chaga, chagal, chagall

Much as I know'd the birds' names in the hedges to be chaffinch, sparrer, thrush.

Great Expectations |Charles Dickens
A chaffinch actually did chirp in response from a mountain ash near.

A Desperate Character and Other Stories |Ivan Turgenev
It is said that it is easier to teach them to go and come than the chaffinch.

The Natural History of Cage Birds |J. M. Bechstein
The Chaffinch, for instance, introduces a great quantity of lichen into the outer layer of his nest.

Bramble-bees and Others |J. Henri Fabre

I am no longer a man; I am a chaffinch; all the joys of spring recur to me.

Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete |Gustave Droz

chaffinch

/ (ˈtʃæfɪntʃ) /

a common European finch, Fringilla coelebs, with black and white wings and, in the male, a reddish body and blue-grey head

Old English ceaffinc, from ceaf chaff 1 + finc finch