Grossbeak

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}]