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Bullfinch

noun
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).  Synonym: Charles Bullfinch.
2.
Common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast.  Synonym: Pyrrhula pyrrhula.





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"Bullfinch" Quotes from Famous Books



... sitting in her room, surrounded by her court. This consisted of five beings, almost equally dear to her heart—an educated bullfinch, to which she had taken an affection because it could no longer whistle or draw water, and which was afflicted with a swollen neck; a quiet and exceedingly timid little dog, called Roska; a bad-tempered cat, named Matros; a dark-complexioned, ...
— Liza - "A nest of nobles" • Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev


Words linked to "Bullfinch" :   architect, genus Pyrrhula, finch, designer, Charles Bullfinch, Pyrrhula


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