'Finch' definitions:

Definition of 'finch'

From: WordNet
noun
Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

Definition of 'Finch'

From: GCIDE
  • Finch \Finch\ (f[i^]nch), n.; pl. Finches (f[i^]nch"[e^]z). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zool.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillid[ae]. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Bramble finch. See Brambling.
  • Canary finch, the canary bird.
  • Copper finch. See Chaffinch.
  • Diamond finch. See under Diamond.
  • Finch falcon (Zool.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.
  • To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]