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Definition of grosbeak in English: grosbeaknoun ˈɡrəʊsbiːkˈɡroʊsˌbik A finch or related songbird with a stout conical bill and typically brightly coloured plumage. 蜡嘴雀 Several genera in the family Fringillidae and subfamily Cardinalinae (family Emberizidae); the white-fronted grosbeak or grosbeak weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) belongs to the family Ploceidae Example sentencesExamples - Songbirds like warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks, and sparrows are far from the only birds that display dimorphism.
- She's had the best luck attracting seed-feeding birds, such as finches, grosbeaks, jays and nuthatches, by using common black oil sunflower seeds.
- Finches, grosbeaks, titmice, nuthatches, sparrows, and cardinals will beat a path to your door.
- So far, tantalizing reports of red and white-winged crossbills and pine grosbeaks remain just that: tantalizing, meaning just out of reach.
- We investigated the signaling function of blue plumage in male blue grosbeaks to determine if structurally based coloration may act as a reliable signal of quality to conspecifics.
OriginLate 17th century: from French grosbec, from gros 'big, fat' + bec 'beak'. Definition of grosbeak in US English: grosbeaknounˈɡroʊsˌbikˈɡrōsˌbēk A finch or related songbird with a stout conical bill and typically brightly colored plumage. 蜡嘴雀 Several genera in the family Fringillidae and subfamily Cardinalinae (family Emberizidae); the white-fronted grosbeak or grosbeak weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) belongs to the family Ploceidae Example sentencesExamples - She's had the best luck attracting seed-feeding birds, such as finches, grosbeaks, jays and nuthatches, by using common black oil sunflower seeds.
- Songbirds like warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks, and sparrows are far from the only birds that display dimorphism.
- So far, tantalizing reports of red and white-winged crossbills and pine grosbeaks remain just that: tantalizing, meaning just out of reach.
- Finches, grosbeaks, titmice, nuthatches, sparrows, and cardinals will beat a path to your door.
- We investigated the signaling function of blue plumage in male blue grosbeaks to determine if structurally based coloration may act as a reliable signal of quality to conspecifics.
OriginLate 17th century: from French grosbec, from gros ‘big, fat’ + bec ‘beak’. |