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Definition of Grosbeak

1. Noun. Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.

Definition of Grosbeak

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

Definition of Grosbeak

1. Noun. Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grosbeak

1. a finch [n -S] - See also: finch

Medical Definition of Grosbeak

1. One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris. Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca coerulea); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and Evening. Alternative forms: grossbeak. Origin: Gross + beak: cf. F. Gros-bec. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grosbeak

Literary usage of Grosbeak

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

1. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1841)
"It is indeed the hardiest bird of its tribe yet discovered in North America, where even the Rose-breasted grosbeak, though found during summer in ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1917)
"Evening grosbeak at Lakewood, NJ— I am able to add a small item to the record of the Evening grosbeak in New Jersey.1 At Lake- wood, on the morning of March ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"The length of the pine grosbeak is 8 J inches, and the extent of wings 14; the bill and legs are ... The black-headed grosbeak (0. melanocephala, Swains. ..."

4. The Birds of Manitoba by Ernest Thompson Seton (1891)
"Its note is like that of the Pine grosbeak, but shriller, and resembles the ... He says it is known by the name of Sociable grosbeak, as it is always seen ..."

5. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"The cardinal grosbeak is the best name for the redbird because that describes ... That ii the grosbeak's way, Wtth his sooty face and his coat of red" sings ..."

6. Report (1900)
"THE EVENING grosbeak IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN. BY CHARLES A. DAVIS, ALMA. ... The species was easily determined to be the Evening grosbeak, ..."

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