Crossword-Solution: GOLDFINCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Goldfinch | n. | A beautiful bright-colored European finch (Carduelis elegans). The name refers to the large patch of yellow on the wings. The front of the head and throat are bright red; the nape, with part of the wings and tail, black; -- called also goldspink, goldie, fool's coat, drawbird, draw-water, thistle finch, and sweet William. |
| Goldfinch | n. | The yellow-hammer. |
| Goldfinch | n. | A small American finch (Spinus tristis); the thistle bird. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “GOLDFINCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Black-and-yellow seed eater | 1 answer |
| IOWA State bird | 1 answer |
| THISTLE bird | 1 answer |
| YELLOW bird with black wings, tail and head | 1 answer |
| greypate | 1 answer |
| kind of finch, the male of which has yellow-and-black wings | 1 answer |
| WASHINGTON State bird | 2 answers |
| yellowhammer | 4 answers |
| YELLOW bird | 6 answers |
| passerine bird | 49 answers |
| American bird | 51 answers |
| European bird | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GOLDFINCH (5)
Then once more give them water sparingly, And feed once more, till sunset, when cool eve Allays the air, and dewy moonbeams slake The forest glades, with halcyon's song the shore, And every thicket with the goldfinch rings.
Every summer, happier than a king, I lay up my small provision for the winter, and then I sing like a goldfinch under the shade of a poplar or an ash-tree, only too happy to grow grey in the land which gave me birth.
While I write, I hear an oriole gay as in June, and the plaintive _may-be_ of the goldfinch tells me he is stealing my lettuce-seeds.
That goldfinch lived at a bird-shop, and offered, in writing, to barter himself against old clothes, empty bottles, or even kitchen stuff.
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Quotes with GOLDFINCH (1)
All at once, something wonderful happened, although at first, it seemed perfectly ordinary. A female goldfinch suddenly hove into view. She lighted weightlessly on the head of a bankside purple thistle and began emptying the seedcase, sowing the air with down. The lighted frame of my window filled. The down rose and spread in all directions, wafting over the dam’s waterfall and wavering between the tulip trunks and into the meadow. It vaulted towards the orchard in a puff; it…
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Appears in: Newsday.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2004).