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nounpainted finch (plural painted finches)
plural painted finches
- Emblema pictum, a common estrildid finch of Australia.
The prolific bird life around the Inlet was thinning out but grey rosellas and zebras and painted finches made the bush merry[.]
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 202Synonyms: painted firetail
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nounEmblema pictum, a common estrildid finch of Australia.
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