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Definition of "grosbeak" [gros•beak]

  • Any of various finches of the family Fringillidae of Europe and America, having a thick conical bill. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "grosbeak" in a sentence
  • "Another visitor from the sub-arctic regions is the pine grosbeak, which is often mistaken for the robin, for these two birds are nearly equal in size."
  • ""She'd think a grosbeak was a depraved person with a large nose."
  • "I know something of this region – have had other experiences like this: a pine grosbeak two years running on the telephone wire, of which I had the longest, clearest view."