NEW WORLD GOLDFINCH Synonyms

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• a female singer

• a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

• any of several small Old World finches

• having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• North American songbirds having a yellow breast

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

• any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

• any carefree episode

• play boisterously

• small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

• small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

• small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

• any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

• small brownish European songbird

• large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail

• European bunting the male being bright yellow

• yellow-throated American wood warbler

• American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

• American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer