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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gros·beak /ˈgrosˌbik/
 蠟嘴鳥

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gros·beak n.  Zool. One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
 Note: ☞ Among the best known American species are the rose-breasted (Habia Ludoviciana); the blue (Guiraca cœrulea); the pine (Pinicola enucleator); and the evening grosbeak. See Hawfinch, and Cardinal grosbeak, Evening grosbeak, under Cardinal and Evening. [Written also grossbeak.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 grosbeak
      n : any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive
          and powerful bill [syn: grossbeak]