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[syn: grosbeak, grossbeak]
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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grossbeak \Gross"beak`\, n. (Zool.)
See Grosbeak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
grossbeak
n 1: any of various finches of Europe or America having a
massive and powerful bill [syn: grosbeak, grossbeak]