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darwin's finch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
dar-win's finch
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds found mainly on the Galápagos Islands, often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini, not closely related to true finches.

Etymology

They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands. The term "Darwin's finches" was first applied by Percy Lowe in 1936, and popularised in 1947 by David Lack in his book Darwin's Finches.

Inflected Forms

Darwin's finches (plural)

Questions

What does darwin's finch mean?
Any of a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds found mainly on the Galápagos Islands, often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini, not closely related to true finches.
Where does darwin's finch come from?
They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands. The term "Darwin's finches" was first applied by Percy Lowe in 1936, and popularised in 1947 by David Lack in his book Darwin's Finches.

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