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grosbeak
[ grohs-beek ]
noun
- any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
grosbeak
/ ˈɡrəʊsˌbiːk; ˈɡrɒs- /
noun
- any of various finches, such as Pinicola enucleator ( pine grosbeak ), that have a massive powerful bill
- cardinal grosbeakcardinal grosbeak any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
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Origin of grosbeak1
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Example Sentences
Finally, Mr. Pine Grosbeak plucked up courage to approach nearer.
The “social grosbeak” fabricates a republic of nests in one clump, and all under one roof.
Then a catbird and a brown thrush sang against a grosbeak and a hermit thrush.
The grosbeak sang on, a big Turnus butterfly sailed through the arbour and poised over the table.
She talked to the grosbeak in exactly the same manner, as she laid strawberries and potato bugs on the fence for his family.
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