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2 definitions found 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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