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Definition of Pine grosbeak

1. Noun. Large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pine Grosbeak

Literary usage of Pine grosbeak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"Careful search in the vicinity failed to reveal others. — LS FOSTER, AVw York City. The pine grosbeak at Poughkeepsie, NY—-The pine grosbeaks ..."

2. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1841)
"The pine grosbeak is a charming songster. Well do I remember how delighted I felt, while lying on the moss-clad rocks of Newfoundland, near St. George's Bay ..."

3. Bird-life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds by Frank Michler Chapman, Ernest Thompson Seton (1897)
"pine grosbeak. Length, 9'10 inches. Adult male, rose-pink ; back brownish ; lower belly gray ; wings and tail brownish black. Adult female and young, ..."

4. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"THE PINE-GROSBEAK is a very rare bird in this country, though many instances of its having been observed here are on record. Scarcely any of them, however, ..."

5. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York by N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History (New York, New York Academy of Sciences (1848)
"... 1836« THE pine grosbeak has been long known as an inhabitant €ie extreme northern regions of both continents. Wilson rds two solitary instances of their ..."

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