grossbeak

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grossbeak - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
     (Zool.)
     One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
     The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris
     .
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Among the best known American species are the
           rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca c[oe]rulea
           ); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the
           evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal grosbeak
           , Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and
           Evening. [Written also grossbeak.]

  Grossbeak \Gross"beak`\, n. (Zool.)
     See Grosbeak.
     [1913 Webster]

grossbeak - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  grossbeak
      n 1: any of various finches of Europe or America having a
           massive and powerful bill [syn: grosbeak, grossbeak]