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Definition of Loxia curvirostra
1. Noun. Finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loxia Curvirostra
Literary usage of Loxia curvirostra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Loxia curvirostra LI\\.KI;S. RANGE.— Europe, northern Asia, and northern North
America, ... RIDGWAY. Mexican Crossbill. [521 a.] Loxia curvirostra ..."
2. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1850)
"On the Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra, Linn.).—Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 2, I. p. 164.
CLARKE (LW). 1. ... Loxia curvirostra ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"Loxia curvirostra (Penn.) Common Crossbill.—A male and female, in fine plumage,
were exhibited, killed on the 13th January, near Aberdeen. (3. ..."