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A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
this bird is a member of the finch family and gets its name from the way the tips of its beak cross. the male is red and brown, and the female is green, yellow and brown. They are found in woodlands where they eat seeds, especially from fir cones.
A small finch whose upper and lower bills are of such length and curvature as to cross one another when closed. An evolutionary adaptation for extricating the seed from conifer cones. Represented in the North Country by two species, the Red Crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra), and the White Winged Crossbill.( Loxia leucoptera). Ajidêkoneshi in the Ojibwe.
The crossbills are birds in the finch family Fringillidae. The three to five (or possibly many more) species are all currently classified in the genus Loxia, but see below. These birds are characterised by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name.