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Finches

"Finches" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Common name for small PASSERIFORMES in the family Fringillidae. They have a short stout bill (BEAK) adapted for crushing SEEDS. Some species of Old World finches are called CANARIES.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Finches" by people in this website by year, and whether "Finches" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 48 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2010
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