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Webster 1913 Edition
Crossbill
Cross′billˊ
(-bĭlˊ)
. (Law)
A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
Bouvier.
☞ In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together.
Cross′billˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A bird of the genus
Loxia
, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak. Definition 2025
crossbill
crossbill
English
A crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
Noun
crossbill (plural crossbills)
- Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.
- (law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
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Synonyms
- common crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
- Hispaniolan crossbill, Loxia megaplaga
- parrot crossbill, Loxia pytyopsittacus
- red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
- Scottish crossbill, Loxia scotica
- South Hills crossbill, Loxia sinesciuris
- two-barred crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
- two-barred crossbill, Loxia leucoptera bifasciata
- white-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
- white-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera leucoptera
Translations
finch of the genus Loxia
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