rose-breasted grosbeak

[ rohz-bres-tid ]

noun

1. an American grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, the male of which, in nuptial plumage, has a rose-pink triangular breast patch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rose-breasted grosbeak¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

Their habits are very similar to those of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

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Call and song like those of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, but the latter more fluent.

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The Rose-breasted Grosbeak invariably nested in a clump of dense wild Crab-apple trees, partly overgrown with grape vines.

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The rose-breasted grosbeak comes and shows his brilliant front.

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On a tall tree one of the girls espied a rose-breasted Grosbeak, rare in this part of Bucks County.

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