grass finch
1. usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds • Syn: grassfinch • Hypernyms: weaver, weaverbird, weaver finch • Hyponyms: zebra finch, Poephila castanotis • Member Holonyms: Poephila, genus Poephila 2. common North American finch noted for its evening song • Syn: vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus • Hypernyms: New World sparrow • Member Holonyms: Pooecetes, genus Pooecetes
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