Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large crested songbird (Cardinalis sinuatus) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having gray and red plumage and a short thick bill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Fringillidæ, closely related to Cardinalis, but having a very short stout turgid bill, like a bullfinch's; the Texas cardinals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
North American birds , of the genusCardinalis , that have grey and red plumage
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Pyrrhūloxia, name of the former genus in which the songbird was classified : Pyrrhūla, bullfinch genus (from Greek purroulas, red-colored bird, from purros, red, from pūr, fire; see pyre) + Loxia, crossbill genus (from Greek loxos, oblique).]
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From former genus name, from Pyrrhula ("genus of bullfinches") + -oxia
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Examples
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The male pyrrhuloxia takes it a step further and engages in some vigorous splashing before flitting away.
KGBT 4 - KGBT - News of the Rio Grande Valley Richard Moore 2010
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Bird-watcher Don Feyrer gets a fleeting glimpse of a red-trimmed pyrrhuloxia as the bird flits from a thicket along the Sutherland Trail.
unknown title 2009
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