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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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Gross

+ beak: cf. F.

gros-bec

(Zool.)

One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is

Coccothraustes vulgaris

Habia Ludoviciana). –>

Pheucticus ludovicianus, a grosbeak.

grosbeak ‎(plural grosbeaks)

several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill