3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.] (Zool.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes vulgaris}. [1913 Webster] 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Grossbeak \Gross"beak`\, n. (Zool.) See {Grosbeak}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: grossbeak n : any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill [syn: {grosbeak}]
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