grossbeak

Other forms: grossbeaks

Definitions of grossbeak
  1. noun
    any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
    synonyms: grosbeak
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    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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