English Explanatory Dictionary

Gouldian finch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of estrildid finch, Chloebia gouldiae, endemic to northern Australia and a common cagebird.

Word forms

Gouldian finch Gouldian finches

Etymology

From Gould (“in honor of Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841) bird artist and wife of English ornithologist John Gould”) + -ian.

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