Definition of Goldfinches

1. Noun. (plural of goldfinch) ¹

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Definition of Goldfinches

1. goldfinch [n] - See also: goldfinch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goldfinches

goldenrods
goldens
goldenseal
goldenseals
goldeny
golder
goldes
goldest
goldeye
goldeyes
goldfield
goldfieldite
goldfields
goldfilled
goldfinch
goldfinches (current term)
goldfinny
goldfish
goldfish bowl
goldfishes
goldfishlike
goldhammer
goldhammers
goldichite
goldie
goldie's wood fern
goldier
goldiest
goldilocks
goldilocks aster

Literary usage of Goldfinches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and by Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (1823)
"The goldfinches. 1. AIL in a garden, on a currant bush, Two goldfinches had built their airy seat; In the next or'chard liv'da friendly thrush, ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"5.86 J-75 2. lu .78 •54 A MONTH WITH THE goldfinches. BY MARY EMILY BRUCE. •IS THE nesting season ¡s nearly over and the air is full of the voices of young ..."

3. Golden Numbers: A Book of Verse for Youth by Nora Archibald Smith (1902)
"... goldfinches On the Sometimes goldfinches one by one will drop ' ° From low-hung branches; little space they stop, T But sip, and twitter, ..."

4. Poetry of the Seasons by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1898)
"... now bright in the sheen Of the hot summer sun, glancing scarlet and green ! goldfinches. — Mary Howitt. SOMETIMES goldfinches one by one ..."

5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"1 '11 join the widow's plaintive song, While I with tears your fate rehearse, And save the lover in my verse. THE goldfinches. AN ELEGY. ..."

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