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Meanings of loxia in English

Russian
клёсты
Portuguese
loxia
Spanish
piquituerto
Catalan
loxia
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Genus of birds.

        Related terms
        клёсты
        Portuguese
        loxia
        Catalan
        genus loxia
        Spanish
        género loxia

        Crossbill.

              loxia
              No examples available for any of the synonyms

              A painful muscular contracture of the neck.

                    Usage of loxia in English
                    1
                    A cross-bill (loxia curvirostra) was killed last year in this neighbourhood.
                    The Natural History of Selborne
                    2
                    There were parrots, and paroquets, and orioles, and blue-jays, and beautiful loxias, both of the scarlet and azure-coloured species.
                    The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderne...
                    3
                    From the thinner thorns the bell-shaped nests of the Loxia depend, waving in the breeze, and the wood resounds with the cries of bright-winged choristers.
                    First Footsteps in East Africa
                    Translations for loxia
                    Portuguese
                    loxia
                    Loxia through the time