rose-breasted grosbeak

[ rohz-bres-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an American grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, the male of which, in nuptial plumage, has a rose-pink triangular breast patch.

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Their habits are very similar to those of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Call and song like those of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, but the latter more fluent.

The Rose-breasted Grosbeak invariably nested in a clump of dense wild Crab-apple trees, partly overgrown with grape vines.

The rose-breasted grosbeak comes and shows his brilliant front.

On a tall tree one of the girls espied a rose-breasted Grosbeak, rare in this part of Bucks County.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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