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red crossbill

red crossbill noun: loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.

red crossbill: loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern...
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Noun

red crossbill (countable and uncountable, plural red crossbills)

  1. Loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.

Synonyms of red crossbill

Forms of red crossbill

pluralred crossbills

Questions about red crossbill

What does red crossbill mean?
Red crossbill means loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
What part of speech is red crossbill?
Red crossbill is a noun.
What is the plural of red crossbill?
The plural of red crossbill is red crossbills.

Words near red crossbill in the dictionary

  1. red cotton trees
  2. red cotton-tree
  3. red cotton-trees
  4. Red Crescent
  5. Red Cross
  6. red crossbill
  7. red crossbills
  8. red crowberry
  9. Red Crown
  10. Red Crystal
  11. red cunt hair

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