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blue grosbeak
noun
- a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blue grosbeak1
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
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Example Sentences
But no matter; the bird was a blue grosbeak, for the sufficient reason that it could not be anything else.
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Its original, the blue grosbeak, is an uncertain wanderer from the south, as the pine grosbeak is from the north.
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Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting (Cyanospiza cyanea), a petit duplicate of the blue grosbeak; song of; nest of.
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The Blue Grosbeak is an unfamiliar bird to most eastern students.
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I quickened my steps, and to my delight the singer proved to be a blue grosbeak.
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