Definition of Crossbill

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

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

Definition of Crossbill

1. n. A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

Definition of Crossbill

1. Noun. Any of various finches of the genus ''Loxia'', whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crossbill

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossbill

crossbands
crossbar
crossbarred
crossbarring
crossbars
crossbeak
crossbeaks
crossbeam
crossbeams
crossbearer
crossbearers
crossbench
crossbencher
crossbenchers
crossbenches
crossbill (current term)
crossbills
crossbirth
crossbirths
crossbit
crossbite
crossbite teeth
crossbites
crossbody
crossbones
crossborder
crossbow
crossbower
crossbowers
crossbowman

Literary usage of Crossbill

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

1. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"And that bird is called the crossbill; Covered all with blood so clear, ... crossbill—marvellous bird." A wonderful creature: gipsey amongst the feathered ..."

2. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1852)
"IT has been abundantly and conclusively demonstrated that the curious beak of the crossbill, so far from being, as described by Buffon, "an error and defect ..."

3. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1841)
"Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where, however, they seem to have been overlooked, or confounded with our Common American crossbill. Those which I met with on ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"Nesting Of the crossbill (Loxia cur ci rostra minor) in Crook Co., Oregon. — During the summer of 1914 while camped in the yellow pine forest near the ..."

5. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1882)
"FOR a long time the only known form of crossbill with white on its wings, this bird was originally described in 1783 under the above English name by Latham ..."

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