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Decock vs Finch - What's the difference?

decock | finch |

As a verb decock

is to uncock, let down the cock of (a firearm).

As a proper noun finch is

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decock

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to uncock, let down the cock of (a firearm)

    • finch

    English

    (wikipedia finch)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

    • Derived terms

    * bullfinch * chaffinch * * * goldfinch * * greenfinch * hawfinch * * * * rosefinch * * *

    See also

    * brambling * canary * crossbill * redpoll * serin * siskin

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hunt for finches, to go finching.