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hawfinch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
hawfinch
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.

Etymology

haw (“berry of the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna”) + finch. Named by English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676.

Inflected Forms

hawfinches (plural)

Phrases

black-tailed hawfinch Japanese hawfinch masked hawfinch

Synonyms

grosbeak coccothraustes coccothraustes

Questions

What does hawfinch mean?
A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.
Where does hawfinch come from?
haw (“berry of the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna”) + finch. Named by English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676.

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