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pine grosbeak
noun
- a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pine grosbeak1
An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
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Example Sentences
Finally, Mr. Pine Grosbeak plucked up courage to approach nearer.
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It was years afterward before he learned that this was the young male Pine Grosbeak.
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Quiet returning hawks cross the valleys, and the pine grosbeak hastens past.
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Unlike the snow bunting and the red-poll, however, the pine grosbeak is believed to breed sparingly in Northern New England.
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The bluebird and pine grosbeak have it too, but their much larger, trembling wings seem far less nervous.
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