crossbill
Noun
Meaning
A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Loxia curvirostra
cardinal
blackbird
canary
finch
lark
oriole
bunting
bulbul
linnet
goldfinch
magpie
bullfinch
pipit
oscine
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Hypernyms
Examples
Mark, thinking he heard a Crossbill said, “Much of bird watching is listening for bird song.”