Definition of Loxia curvirostra

1. Noun. Finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed.

Exact synonyms: Crossbill
Generic synonyms: Finch
Group relationships: Genus Loxia, Loxia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loxia Curvirostra

Lower Paleolithic
Lower Peninsula
Lower Saxony
Lower Silesian
Lower Sorbian
Lower Wendish
Lowestoft
Lowland Scots
Lowlander
Lowlands
Lowlands of Scotland
Lowry
Lowsley tractor
Loxia curvirostra (current term)
Loxitane
Loxodonta
Loxodonta africana
Loxoma
Loxomataceae
Loxosceles
Loxostege
Loxostege similalis
Loxotrema ovatum
Loya Jirga
Loyalist Volunteer Force
Loyang
Loyola
Lozal

Literary usage of Loxia curvirostra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"Loxia curvirostra LI\\.KI;S. RANGE.— Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America, ... RIDGWAY. Mexican Crossbill. [521 a.] Loxia curvirostra ..."

2. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1850)
"On the Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra, Linn.).—Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 2, I. p. 164. CLARKE (LW). 1. ... Loxia curvirostra ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"Loxia curvirostra (Penn.) Common Crossbill.—A male and female, in fine plumage, were exhibited, killed on the 13th January, near Aberdeen. (3. ..."

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