hawfinch

Meaning

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

Synonyms

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

yellow-billed grosbeak

Translations

gros-bec casse-noyaux

bico-grossudo

bayağı kocabaş

Kernbeisser

gros-bec

Coccothraustes

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

prosone

Etymology

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

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