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chaf·finch  audio  (chfnch) KEY 

NOUN:
A small European songbird (Fringilla coelebs), the male of which has predominantly reddish-brown plumage.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English chaffinche, from Old English ceaffinc : ceaf, chaff, husk + finc, finch


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