Definition of "finches" []

• Plural form of finch. (noun)

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• "There are 13 finches from the same family (Fringillidae); the most remarkable divergence of these species is their beak structure and specialized feeding capabilities."
• "If you claim myosins, kinesins, and dyneins came about through a selected mutation process the argument by analogy inherent to the claim is that a stochastic process observed to allow beak adaptation in finches and the many observed examples of unicellular adaptation is capable of generating the examples cited."
• "The generation-to-generation natural selection of Galápagos finches is particularly fascinating — it shows evolution as a process that isn’t always slow, and anything but steady, but something very much alive."