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Grosbeak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various finches of the family Fringillidae of Europe and America, having a thick conical bill.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A bird having a notably large, heavy, or turgid bill: usually a general and indefinite name of birds of the family Fringillidæ: in the plural loosely synonymous with the nominal subfamily Coccothraustinœ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

Word Usage

"Another visitor from the sub-arctic regions is the pine grosbeak, which is often mistaken for the robin, for these two birds are nearly equal in size."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

finch

Cross Reference

sociable grosbeak

Hyponym

coccothraustes coccothraustes pine grosbeak evening grosbeak hesperiphona vespertina pinicola enucleator

Same Context

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