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evening grosbeak

noun

  1. a North American grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertina, having yellowish, black, and white plumage.


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Origin of evening grosbeak1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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This evening grosbeak sits perched on a cherry tree, the branches of which spread along the wall facing 149th Street.

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Salmonellosis most often affects goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and house finches.

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When he was younger there would be “invasions†of evening grosbeaks that his father would take him to see in Upstate New York with 200 to 300 birds around one feeder.

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Looking at the same passage in a later draft, I suggested that what he had called evening grosbeaks were probably American goldfinches.

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Lucas’ feeders drew two kinds of chickadees, evening grosbeaks, Eurasian collared doves and redpolls.

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