hawfinch

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noun

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

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grosbeakCoccothraustes coccothraustes
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Meanings

nounhawfinch (plural hawfinches)

plural hawfinches

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

    Synonyms: grosbeak

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
grosbeak

More synonyms by meaning

nouna common large finch of Eurasia

Similar
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Broader
grosbeakgrossbeak
Also see
grosbeak

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek κοκκοθραύστης
  • κοκκοθραύστης (kokkothraústēs)finch
Arabic بلبل زيتوني
  • بلبل زيتونيfinch
Basque mokolodi
  • mokolodifinch
Bulgarian черешарка
  • черешарка (čerešarka)finch
Catalan durbec
  • durbecfinch
Chinese Mandarin 锡嘴雀
  • 锡嘴雀finch
Czech dlask tlustozobý
  • dlask tlustozobýfinch
Danish kernebider
  • kernebiderfinch
Dutch appelvink
  • appelvinkfinch
Esperanto kernrompulo, kernorompulo
  • kernrompulofinch
  • kernorompulofinch
Estonian suurnokk
  • suurnokkfinch
Finnish nokkavarpunen
  • nokkavarpunenfinch
French gros-bec
  • gros-becfinch
German Kernbeißer
  • Kernbeißerfinch
Hindi हाउफिंच
  • हाउफिंच (hāuphiñc)finch
Hungarian meggyvágó
  • meggyvágófinch
Icelandic kjarnbítur
  • kjarnbíturfinch
Irish glasán gobmhór
  • glasán gobmhórfinch
Italian frosone
  • frosonefinch
Japanese 鴲
  • 鴲 (shime)finch
Korean 콩새
  • 콩새 (kongsae)finch
Latvian dižknābis, svirpis
  • dižknābisfinch
  • svirpisfinch
Lithuanian svilikas
  • svilikasfinch
Norwegian kjernebiter
  • kjernebiterfinch
Persian سهره نوکبزرگ
  • سهره نوکبزرگfinch
Polish grubodziób
  • grubodzióbfinch
Portuguese bico-grossudo
  • bico-grossudofinch
Romanian botgros, cireșar
  • botgrosfinch
  • cireșarfinch
Russian дубоно́с
  • дубоно́с (dubonós)finch
Spanish picogordo
  • picogordofinch
Swedish stenknäck
  • stenknäckfinch
Turkish kocabaş, flurcun
  • kocabaşfinch
  • flurcunfinch
Ukrainian костогриз
  • костогриз (kostohryz)finch
Welsh gylfinbraff, pendew
  • gylfinbrafffinch
  • pendewfinch
Cite this entry
APA

hawfinch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawfinch

MLA

“hawfinch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawfinch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hawfinch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawfinch.

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