greenfinch

[Eng. green, and finch.] Ornith.: Coccothraustes chloris, an inse orial bird of the family Fringillide. In the male the upper parts and breast are yellowish-green; the head tinged with gray; the edges of the wings, the outer webs of the primary quills, and the base of the tail-feathers yellow. In the female the upper parts are greenish-brown, and the breast grayish brown. It lays from four to six eggs, which are white, tinged with blue. Called also Green-grosbeak and Green-linnet.