grosbeak

gros·beak

G0278000 (grōs′bēk′)n. Any of various birds of the families Fringillidae and Cardinalidae found in Eurasia and the Americas, having a thick conical bill.

[Partial translation of French grosbec : gros, thick, large (from Old French; see gross) + bec, beak.]

grosbeak

(ˈɡrəʊsˌbiːk; ˈɡrɒs-) n1. (Animals) any of various finches, such as Pinicola enucleator (pine grosbeak), that have a massive powerful bill2. (Animals) cardinal grosbeak any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage[C17: from French grosbec, from Old French gros large, thick + bec beak¹]

gros•beak

(ˈgroʊsˌbik)

n. any of various finches having a thick conical bill. [1670–80; < French grosbec literally, large beak]

Thesaurus

Noun

grosbeak - any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful billgrossbeakfinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedsevening grosbeak, Hesperiphona vespertina - North American grosbeakCoccothraustes coccothraustes, hawfinch - a common large finch of Eurasiapine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator - large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds

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grosbeak

(grōs`bēk) [great beak], common name for various members of the family Fringillidae (finchfinch,
common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia.
..... Click the link for more information. family). Grosbeaks are characterized by their large conical bills. The male rose-breasted grosbeak (Zamelodia ludoviciana) is striking with its white bill and summer plumage of black and white accented by a rose-red breast. Sometimes called potato-bug bird, it destroys these and other insects. The pine grosbeak of the Old and New Worlds, the largest of the finches, feeds on conifer seeds and wild fruits; the western, or black-headed, grosbeak is an enemy of scale insects, codling moths, and flower beetles. The eastern, or evening, grosbeak is metallic yellow with black and white wings and tail. The common European grosbeak is the hawfinch. Grosbeaks are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Fringillidae.

grosbeak

Related to grosbeak: evening grosbeak, pine grosbeak

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Synonyms for grosbeak

noun any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

Synonyms

grossbeak

Related Words

finch
evening grosbeak
Hesperiphona vespertina
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
hawfinch
pine grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator