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Definition of Coccothraustes coccothraustes
1. Noun. A common large finch of Eurasia.
Generic synonyms: Grosbeak, Grossbeak
Group relationships: Coccothraustes, Genus Coccothraustes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccothraustes Coccothraustes
Literary usage of Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. by Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine (1832)
"COCCOTHRAUSTES? Coccothraustes vespertina, North. Zool. ii. p. 2t>9. FEW birds
could form a more interesting acquisition to the Fauna of any country than ..."
2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"coccothraustes coccothraustes (L.). Not rare. Nests at the end of May. STURNUS
VULGARIS, L. Common in summer, but never seen after October ..."
3. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History by Suffolk Institute of Archaeology (1848)
"... (coccothraustes coccothraustes). A few seen most years, but it is such a shy,
wild species, that it is probably more numerous than it appears to be. ..."
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