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n. - Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.

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Usage examples (4)
  • Last year the groos beak didnt arrive on time an Esther got werried and she got the big boid book, opened it to the grossbeak pichur and held it up to the winder calling...
  • Among the five that interested me most was that of a blue grossbeak.
  • Stop within doors and sit at the window; a small grossbeak overhead, and we two looking out upon the rain and fog.
  • Indeed, these two birds so much resemble each other in color, form, manner, voice, and general habits that, were it not for the difference in size, -- the grossbeak...
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