# hawfinch

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A large Eurasian finch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes), with a thick bill.

## Etymology
haw (“berry of the common hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna”) + finch. Named by English ornithologist Francis Willughby in 1676.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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