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Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula ) male
From bull + finch .
bullfinch (plural bullfinches )
The Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula ).
Any of various other Old World finches in the genus Pyrrhula .
( UK , archaic , hunting , slang ) A large, thick quickset hedge .
1900 , H. B. Yerburgh, Leaves from a hunting diary in Essex , page 180 :Young Hurrell turned them on the right; the officer on the polo pony and Mr. Westall, between them, dissected a "bullfinch " on the left, but the ditch and the briars took toll of the former.
An obstacle for a horse , consisting of a solid fence with brush above it, through which the horse should jump.
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Albanian: kuqaláshi çafkëzí m
Asturian: caparréi (ast) , picaflor (ast)
Belarusian: снягі́р m ( snjahír )
Bulgarian: червенушка f ( červenuška )
Catalan: pinsà borroner m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 红腹灰雀 (zh) ( hóngfùhuīquè )
Czech: hýl obecný (cs) m
Danish: dompap (da) c
Dutch: goudvink (nl) m
Esperanto: (please verify ) pirolo
Estonian: leevike (et)
Faroese: prýðisígða f
Finnish: punatulkku (fi)
French: bouvreuil pivoine (fr) m
Galician: paporrubio real (gl) m
German: Gimpel (de) m , Dompfaff (de) m
Icelandic: dómpápi (is) m
Ingrian: punarinta , palolintu , rebinalintu
Irish: corcrán coille m
Italian: ciuffolotto (it) m
Japanese: ウソ (ja) ( uso )
Latin: (please verify ) pyrrhula f
Latvian: svilpis m , sarkankrūtītis m
Luxembourgish: (please verify ) Pillo m
Manx: ree ruy m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ӧрш ( örš )
Norman: (please verify ) bouv'theu m ( Jersey ) , moigne ( Guernsey ) , moigne-parfait ( Guernsey ) , piôme ( Guernsey )
Norwegian: dompap (no) m
Occitan: bovet m ( Languedoc )
Polish: gil (pl) m
Portuguese: dom-fafe m
Romanian: botroș (ro) m
Romansch: prelat m
Russian: снеги́рь (ru) m ( snegírʹ )
Sami:
Lule Sami: (please verify ) ruoppsisradde
Northern Sami: (please verify ) ruksesruoivil
Scottish Gaelic: buidhean na coille m , deargan-coille m , deargan-fraoich m , gealbhonn-cuileann m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: zimnica (sh) f
Shor: шурчақ ( şurçaq )
Slovak: (please verify ) hýľ obyčajný m
Spanish: camachuelo común m
Swedish: domherre (sv) c
Turkish: şakrak kuşu (tr)
Udmurt: шушы ( šušy )
Ukrainian: снігу́р m ( snihúr )
Welsh: coch y berllan m