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Definition of: pyrrhuloxia
(pir′ə·lok′sē·ə) noun
A grosbeak of the western United States (Pyrrhuloxia sinuata) with a slender, gray-and-red body and parrotlike bill. [<NL <Pyrrhula, a genus of Fringillidae (dim. <Gk. pyrrhos fiery <pyr fire) + Loxia, genus of the cross-bills <Gk. loxos oblique]
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