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grosbeak

DEFINITIONS OF: grosbeak

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n any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

Synonyms:
grossbeak
Types:
Hesperiphona vespertina, evening grosbeak
North American grosbeak
Coccothraustes coccothraustes, hawfinch
a common large finch of Eurasia
Pinicola enucleator, pine grosbeak
large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds
Type of:
finch
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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