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Definition of Painted finch

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Nonpareil Non`pa*reil", n. [See Nonpareil, a. ] 1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; -- often used as a name. 2. [F. nonpareille.] (Print.) A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby). Note: This line is printed in the type called nonpareil. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch. (b) Any other similar bird of the same genus.
Painted finch
Painted Paint"ed, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. Painted beauty (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American butterfly (Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, Painted cup (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. Painted finch. See Nonpareil. Painted lady (Zo["o]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistle butterfly. Painted turtle (Zo["o]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise (Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.

Meaning of Painted finch from wikipedia

- The painted finch (Emblema pictum) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. The painted finch acquired its name due to the red and white...
- Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating p****erine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly...
- and northern Mexico The painted bunting is also called the Mexican canary, painted finch, pope, or nonpareil. The male painted bunting is often described...
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- Meanwhile, Eric Finch, a veteran detective in charge of the regular police force ("The Nose"), begins investigating V's terrorist activities. Finch often communicates...
- Stagonopleura bella - Aus Red-eared firetail, Stagonopleura oculata - Aus Painted finch, Emblema pictum - Aus Nutmeg mannikin, Lonchura punctulata - Aus Yellow-rumped...
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- in Wetaskiwin, Alberta and painted as 1001.[citation needed] Model 16B registration N666J, serial 350, one of two Finches based at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome...
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