1) Finch 2) Loxia curvirostra
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1) Loxia
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The crossbill is a genus, Loxia, of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae), with three to five (or possibly many more) species. These birds are characterised by the mandibles with crossed tips, which gives the group its English name. Adult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation. Crossbi...
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• (n.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak. • A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
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any of the three birds of the genus Loxia, noted for their crossed mandibles, with which they pry open conifer cones to get at the seeds. Crossbills ... [1 related articles]
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Cross'bill` (-bĭl`).
(Law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
Bouvier. » In criminal practice,
cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in anothe...
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Cross'bill` noun (Zoology) A bird of the genus
Loxia , allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
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The crossbill (Loxia) is a genus of birds of the finch family. They are distinguished and derive their name from a peculiarity of their bill, the mandibles of which are curved at the tips, so as to cross each other, sometimes on the one side and sometimes on the other. The form of the bill enables them to extract with ease the seeds of the pine, th...
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n] - finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
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Loxia curvirostra noun finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
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Species of finch, genus
Loxia, family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, in which the hooked tips of the upper and lower beak cross one another, an adaptation for extracting the seeds from conifer cones. The red or common crossbill
Loxia curvirostra is found in p...
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any bird belonging to the genus Loxia, of the finch family, characterized by mandibles curved so that the tips cross each other when the bill is closed.
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