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Darwin’s finches

Darwin's finches


plural noun 
Definition:
 
finches of Galapagos Islands: the birds of the Galapagos Islands on which Charles Darwin based his theory of natural selection through observation of their feeding habits and corresponding differences in beak structure. Subfamily Geospizinae.

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