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grossbeak
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
(Zool.)
One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
vulgaris}.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the best known American species are the
rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue ({Guiraca
c[oe]rulea}); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the
evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and {Cardinal
grosbeak}, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and
Evening. [Written also grossbeak.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grossbeak \Gross"beak`\, n. (Zool.) See Grosbeak. [1913 Webster]
