canary finch

Canary bird \Ca*na"ry bird`\ (Zool.)
   A small singing bird of the Finch family ({Serinus
   Canarius}), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to
   Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It
   generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail
   greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray
   or brown color. It is sometimes called {canary finch}.
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   {Canary bird flower} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Trop[ae]olum
      peregrinum}) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form;
      -- called also {canary vine}.
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Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. {Finches} (f[i^]nch"[e^]z).
   [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc
   a finch; also E. spink.] (Zool.)
   A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
   the family {Fringillid[ae]}.
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   Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
         goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
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   {Bramble finch}. See {Brambling}.

   {Canary finch}, the canary bird.

   {Copper finch}. See {Chaffinch}.

   {Diamond finch}. See under {Diamond}.

   {Finch falcon} (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian
      falcons of the genus {Hierax}.

   {To pull a finch}, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
      person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull."
      --Chaucer.
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