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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf F. gros-bec.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of various species of finches having a large stout beak.
The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
vulgaris}.
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}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grosbeak
n : any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive
and powerful bill [syn: {grossbeak}]
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