crossbilln.2
/ˈkrɒsbɪl/, /ˈkrɔːsbɪl/, U.S. /ˈkrɔsˌbɪl/, /ˈkrɑsˌbɪl/ A bird of the genus Loxia (family Fringillidæ), having the mandibles of the bill curved so as to cross each other when the bill is closed; found in the north of Europe and America, and in Japan. The Common Crossbill is L. curvirostra.
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a1672 F. Willughby Ornithol. 248.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 192 The Loxia, or Cross-Bill, whose Bill is thick and strong, with the Tips crossing one another.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 106 The Crossbill..feeds of the cones of pines and firs.
1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 182 That rare bird the Crossbill..occasionally visits the orchards.
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ˈcross-billed adj. having the mandibles crossed, like the birds of the genus Loxia.
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1812 Pennant's Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. Index 442 Grosbeak..cross-billed.
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