BULLFINCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does Bullfinch mean? • BULLFINCH (noun)
The noun BULLFINCH has 2 senses:
1. United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
2. common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
Familiarity information: BULLFINCH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BULLFINCH (noun)
Meaning:
United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bullfinch; Charles Bullfinch
Instance hypernyms:
architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))
Meaning:
Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Pyrrhula pyrrhula; bullfinch
Hypernyms ("bullfinch" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Holonyms ("bullfinch" is a member of...):
genus Pyrrhula; Pyrrhula (bullfinches)
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