ETYM AS. finc; akin to Dutch vink, Old High Germ. fincho, German fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also Eng. spink.
(Irregular plural: finches)
Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.
Any of various songbirds of the family Fringillidae, in the order Passeriformes (perching birds).
They are seed-eaters with stout conical beaks and include goldfinches, crossbills, redpolls, and canaries.

(1916-1977) Australian-born English cinema actor. He began his career in Australia before moving to London 1949 to start on an international career in films such as A Town Like Alice 1956, The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960, Sunday, Bloody Sunday 1971, and Network 1976, for which he won an Academy Award.