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grosbeak

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gros=beak

CIDE DICTIONARY

grosbeakn. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.].
     One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.  [1913 Webster]
    " Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca cœrulea); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and Evening."

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grosbeak, n. any of various finches of the families Cardinalidae and Fringillidae, having stout conical bills and usu. brightly coloured plumage.

Etymology
F grosbec (as GROSS)

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