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Grosbeak   /grˈoʊsbˌik/   Listen
Grosbeak

noun
(Written also grossbeak)
1.
Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.  Synonym: grossbeak.



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"Grosbeak" Quotes from Famous Books



... you nothing to do but show off your fine clothes and give yourself airs? You are no more beautiful than many of your brothers, yet they all obeyed me willingly. Look at the snow-white Dove, and the gorgeous Bird of Paradise, and the pretty Grosbeak. They have worked nobly, yet their plumage is not injured. I fear that you must be punished for your disobedience, little Woodpecker. Henceforth you shall wear stockings of sooty black instead of the shining silver ones of which you are so proud. You who were too fine to dig in the ...
— The Curious Book of Birds • Abbie Farwell Brown



Words linked to "Grosbeak" :   Coccothraustes coccothraustes, Hesperiphona vespertina, cardinal grosbeak, finch, pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, hawfinch, grossbeak, evening grosbeak



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