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Finch

Finch

Origin: as. Finc; akin to D. Vink, OHG. Fincho, g. Fink; cf. W. Pinc a finch; also E. Spink.

(Science: zoology) a small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.

The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See brambling. Canary finch, the canary bird. Copper finch. See Chaffinch. Diamond finch. See diamond.

(Science: zoology) finch falcon, one of several very small East indian falcons of the genus Hierax. To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. Privily a finch eke could he pull.


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... In the peppered moth example, black moths survived to reproduce which in turn shifted the population from mostly white to mostly black. With the finch example, those birds with smaller beaks survived to reproduce which in turn shifted the population to a ditribution of beak sizes which were smaller. ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:29 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Re: Diversifying selection

The side of the island that already has the intermediates and the two extremes. In the Galapagos, there is a big beak finch on one of the islands eating the big nuts that only grow on that island. And on another island, there is only small beak finches because there is only small ...

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by kolean
Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:23 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Diversifying selection
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Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

Two good books: The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner (NS and adaptation in Finches) The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks (founder effect, genetic drift) You're right that natural selection and evolution are not synonymous, but ...

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by AstusAleator
Sun May 31, 2009 8:01 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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finch, turtle Can you elaborate on that?

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by Mikey
Thu Mar 19, 2009 7:01 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: "Icons if Evolution"
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"Icons if Evolution"

finch, turtle

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by mith
Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:31 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: "Icons if Evolution"
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