Meanings
plural Oriental greenfinches
- Chloris sinica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, native to East Asia.
The most widespread of Japan's finches, however, is the olive-and-yellow Oriental Greenfinch, which in winter can be seen in large flocks.
2022 January 18, Mark Brazil, Japan: The Natural History of an Asian Archipelago, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 112Synonyms: grey-capped greenfinch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounChloris sinica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae, native to East Asia.
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