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GROSSBEAK
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill
Synonyms:
grosbeak; grossbeak
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grossbeak" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grossbeak"):
evening grosbeak; Hesperiphona vespertina (North American grosbeak)
Coccothraustes coccothraustes; hawfinch (a common large finch of Eurasia)
pine grosbeak; Pinicola enucleator (large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds)
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