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# chaffinch

noun (chaffinches)

«chaffinch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A chaffinch is a small songbird with a bright, colourful breast, common in Britain and Europe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaffinch/#m1)

### In the lessons

in rhymes and fairy tales, a bird called to fly and help; a name for a bird that flits about

### Examples

- Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay, haste away! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaffinch/#x1)
- Catch the Chaffinch-on-the-Wing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaffinch/#x2)
- A chaffinch sang in the hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaffinch/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chaffinch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaffinch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chaffinch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chaffinch.html) on Mova free.