Meaning of greenfinch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any bird within the genus Chloris (formerly a subset of the genus Carduelis), small passerine songbirds with yellow-green plumage, found throughout Europe and Asia.
2. European greenfinch, a common Old World finch (Chloris chloris, syn. Carduelis chloris), mainly green with yellow in the wings and tail.
3. A female member of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
   Northern-Ireland, historical, informal
4. A female member of the Royal Irish Regiment.
   Northern-Ireland, UK, broadly, historical, informal, slang

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Examples

“The Vietnamese Greenfinch is the only greenfinch found in the Da Lat area, and as such is unmistakeable.”

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