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    GRASSFINCH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birdsplay

    Synonyms:

    grass finch; grassfinch

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("grassfinch" is a kind of...):

    weaver; weaver finch; weaverbird (finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grassfinch"):

    Poephila castanotis; zebra finch (small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's)

    Holonyms ("grassfinch" is a member of...):

    genus Poephila; Poephila (grassfinches)

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