grosbeak

[grohs-beek]

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noun

any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.

Origin:
1670–80; < French grosbec, literally, large beak

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grosbeak (ˈɡrəʊsˌbiːk, ˈɡrɒs-)

—n
1.	any of various finches, such as Pinicola enucleator (pine grosbeak), that have a massive powerful bill
2.	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 + becbeak¹]

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