The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FINCH
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What does FINCH mean?
FINCH noun- Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
- To hunt for finches, to go finching.