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Meanings of loxia curvirostra in English

Portuguese
cruza-bico

Finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed.

        cruza-bico
        Synonyms
        Examples for "crossbill"
        Examples for "crossbill"
        1
        The Mexican crossbill appeared to have little fear of the migrating Northern shrike.
        Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico
        2
        The crossbill is fitted with a wonderful tool for tearing fir-cones to pieces.
        Chatterbox Stories of Natural History
        3
        Not a crossbill, not a jay, neither eagle nor hawk, showed against the azure fields of sky and snow.
        The Freebooters of the Wilderness
        4
        A flock of crossbills went whistling overhead, coming from the same direction.
        Secrets of the Woods
        5
        No, the Crossbill does not place his nest in any of these ways.
        Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
        Usage of loxia curvirostra in English
        1
        A cross-bill ( loxia curvirostra) was killed last year in this neighbourhood.
        The Natural History of Selborne
        Translations for loxia curvirostra
        Portuguese
        cruza-bico