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blue-black grosbeak

blue-black grosbeak noun: any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from southern Mexico down to northern South America.

blue-black grosbeak: any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from...
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Noun

blue-black grosbeak (plural blue-black grosbeaks)

  1. Any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from southern Mexico down to northern South America.

Forms of blue-black grosbeak

pluralblue-black grosbeaks

Origin of blue-black grosbeak

From blue + black + grosbeak, possibly a partial calque of translingual Cyanoloxia cyanoides (or the synonyms thereof), using the specific epithet of cyanoides (“like cyan”), from κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos, “dark blue”), though improbable.

Questions about blue-black grosbeak

What does blue-black grosbeak mean?
Blue-black grosbeak means any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from southern Mexico down to northern South America.
What part of speech is blue-black grosbeak?
Blue-black grosbeak is a noun.
What is the plural of blue-black grosbeak?
The plural of blue-black grosbeak is blue-black grosbeaks.

Words near blue-black grosbeak in the dictionary

  1. blue-bellied black snake
  2. blue-bellied black snakes
  3. blue-billed duck
  4. blue-billed ducks
  5. blue-black
  6. blue-black grosbeak
  7. blue-blacks
  8. blue-blood
  9. blue-blooded
  10. blue-bloodedness
  11. blue-bloods

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