bullfinch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large, thick quickset hedge.

   Young Hurrell turned them on the right; the officer on the polo pony and Mr. Westall, between them, dissected a "bullfinch" on the left, but the ditch and the briars took toll of the former.

2. 2
   noun

   common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

3. 3
   noun

   The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).

4. 4
   noun

   Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula.

From bull + finch.

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