Grass finch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
    grassfinch.
  2. noun common North American finch noted for its evening song
    vesper sparrow; Pooecetes gramineus.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) A common American sparrow (Poöcætes gramineus); called also vesper sparrow and bay-winged bunting. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus Poëphila, of which several species are known.

Webster 1913