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rose-breasted grosbeak

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rose-breast⋅ed gros⋅beak

[rohz-bres-tid]
–noun
an American grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, the male of which, in nuptial plumage, has a rose-pink triangular breast patch.

Origin:
1800–10, Americanism
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rose-breast·ed grosbeak   (rōz'brěs'tĭd)   
n.  A North American bird (Pheucticus ludovicianus), the male of which is black and white with a rose-red patch on the breast.
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