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Crossbill

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loxia curvirostranounfinch with a bill whose tips cross when closed

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loxia curvirostranounfinch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
loxianouncrossbill (finch of genus Loxia)
rednoun(countable and uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
genus loxianouncrossbill
red crossbillnounLoxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
crossbeaknounA bird, the crossbill.
two-barred crossbillnounLoxia leucoptera, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
common crossbillnounSynonym of red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
parrot crossbillnounLoxia pytyopsittacus, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
white-winged crossbillnounSynonym of two-barred crossbill.
hookbillnounAny of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.
scottish crossbillnounLoxia scotica, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the Caledonian Forests of Scotland
grosbeaknounAny of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
hook-billnounAlternative form of hookbill. [Any of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.]
straightbillnounAny of the birds in the genus Timeliopsis, found in Australia.
hispaniolan crossbillnounLoxia megaplaga, a crossbill that is endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), and the only one of its genus in the Caribbean.
cassia crossbillnounLoxia sinesciuris, a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae, endemic to the South Hills and Albion Mountains in southern Idaho.
softbillnounAny of various birds (of no particular taxonomic commonality) that feed on relatively "soft" foods, such as leaves and insects.
finchbillnounAny of the birds in the genus Spizixos, found in Southeast Asia and China.
openbillnounEither of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.

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