crossbill
/kraws-bil, kros-/US // ˈkrɔsˌbɪl, ˈkrɒs- //UK // (ˈkrɒsˌbɪl) //
鹖冠子,鹖冠花,鹖冠禽兽,交叉口
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : 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.
Examples
Similarly, both the German varieties of crossbill commonly begin to sing before losing the plumage characteristic of youth.
Among the species which thus modify their habits are the red crossbill, the redpoll, the Lapland longspur, and the snowy owl.
Neither did Anton's crossbill, which dwelt in the stube, have a much happier fate.
Both sexes have white wing-bars and the male is of a paler, more rosy red than the male of the American Crossbill.
The crossbill is fitted with a wonderful tool for tearing fir-cones to pieces.
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