Bull·finch n. Zool. A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the Pyrrhula vulgaris or Pyrrhula rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red.
Note: ☞ 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.
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Bu·ri·on n. Zool. The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]
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