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grosbeak

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gros⋅beak

  [grohs-beek]
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–noun
any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
Origin:
1670–80; < F grosbec, lit., large beak
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gros·beak   (grōs'bēk')   
n.  Any of various finches of the family Fringillidae of Europe and America, having a thick conical bill.

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