grosbeak
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- noun
- /ˈɡroʊzˌbiːk/
:
pico grueso
- Three such pairs are the black-headed and rose-breasted grosbeaks, the indigo and lazuli buntings, and the Baltimore and Bullock's orioles.
- rose-breasted grosbeak
Examples
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There are finches, both purple and gold, pine siskins and grosbeaks, cardinals and phoebes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Pine grosbeaks are among the regulars in the highlands of Terra Nova National Park.
Blog text (24) -
While spending a week in lovely upstate New York, I saw a female rose-breasted grosbeak.
Blog text (3) -
Cardinals, grosbeaks, and other neotropical migrants were resting and singing in the hedgerows.
Academic text (2001) -
Almost at once, she smiled; she'd spotted the singer, a rose-breasted grosbeak, high in a tossing beech tree full of flowers.
Fiction book (1998) -
Here you find flocks of Boreal Chickadees, Common Redpolls, Pine Grosbeaks, and the other common denizens of the far north.
Blog text (24) -
I see Cedar Waxwings, Black-headed Grosbeaks, American goldfinches, Black Phoebes, Purple Finches, Wood Ducks, what else?...
Blog text (10) -
Red-eyed Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Yellow-throated Vireo preferred either or both "red" and "white oaks" over silver maple (Table 8).
Academic text (2016) -
He also recorded Wood Thrushes, Swainson's Thrushes, Veeries, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Gray Catbirds, and Baltimore Orioles.
Blog text (2) -
The rose-breasted grosbeak perched on the branch, its large bill perfect for cracking seeds.
Synonyms
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A small bird with a short thick beak that eats seeds
Compounds
A bright red North American bird with a crest and a thick beak that eats seeds
A North American bird with a thick cone-shaped bill and bright yellow, black and white feathers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grosbeak comes from the French words gros and bec, which mean 'large' and 'beak'. So a grosbeak is a bird with a big, strong beak for cracking seeds.