(n.) One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak. The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is Coccothraustes vulgaris.
Example Sentences:
(1) Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, was isolated from the liver of a passerine bird, Catharus fuscescens (veery), and from larval Ixodes dammini (tick) feeding on Pheucticus ludovicianus (rose-breasted grosbeak) and Geothlypis trichas (common yellowthroat).
(2) the blue throat (Luscinia svecica), the scarlet grosbeak (Erythrina erythrina) and the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus).
(3) In July and August 1990, fecal samples from 2 slate-colored grosbeaks were collected from the rain forest of Ecuador.
Hawfinch
Definition:
(n.) The common European grosbeak (Coccothraustes vulgaris); -- called also cherry finch, and coble.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vocal control centres in hawfinch consist of four discrete nuclei.
(2) Vocal-control nuclei in hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) were studied by HRP retrograde tracing and electrophysiological methods.