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grosbeak
/ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/
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What does grosbeak mean?
noun
- Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/
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/ˈɡɹoʊs.biːk//ˈɡɹoʊz.bɪk//ˈɡɹɑːz.biːk/
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She talked to the grosbeak in exactly the same manner, as she laid strawberries and potato bugs on the fence for his family.
“I like pink myself. I like it very much indeed. I suppose you've already seen my friends, Snipper the Crossbill and Piny the Grosbeak.”
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A soft, sweet, rolling warble, heard when the moon is at its full on a midsummer night, is more than likely to come from the rose-breasted grosbeak.
The rose-breasted grosbeak has been a familiar bird in Brookline (three miles away), yet I never saw one here till last July, when I found a female busy among my raspberries and surprisingly bold.
The golden eagle may be seen, and the osprey, hawks, jays, hummingbirds, the mourning dove, and cheery familiar singers—the black-headed grosbeak, robin, bluebird, Townsend’s thrush, and many warblers, sailing the sky and enlivening the rocks and bushes through all the cañon wilderness.