Bull"finch` (?), n. Zool.

A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris or rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.

⇒ As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs.

Crimson-fronted bullfinch. Zool. See Burion. -- Pine bullfinch, the pine finch.

 

© Webster 1913.

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