Definition of grosbeak Grosbeak
/gɹowˈsbiˌk/ - [growsbeek] - gros•beak
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What does grosbeak mean?
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NounPlural: grosbeaks |
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| grosbeak - any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill | ||
| grossbeak | ||
| finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds | ||
| evening grosbeak, hesperiphona vespertina North American grosbeak | ||
| coccothraustes coccothraustes, hawfinch a common large finch of Eurasia | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- grosbeak (n.)
One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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grosbeak
grōs′bēk, n. a name applied to not a few highly specialised finches (Fringillidæ), with thick, heavy, seed-crushing bills—also to many other birds, as the cardinal grosbeaks and the rose-breasted grosbeak. [Gross and beak.]
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🔤- grosbeak, noun, singular of grosbeaks.
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