pyrrhuloxia

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  1. noun A large crested finch (Cardinalis sinuatus) of Mexico and the southwest United States, having gray and red plumage and a short thick bill.

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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.
 

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  1. New Latin Pyrrhūloxia, genus name : Pyrrhūla, finch 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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