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EVENING GROSBEAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evening grosbeak mean?
• EVENING GROSBEAK (noun)
The noun EVENING GROSBEAK has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: EVENING GROSBEAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American grosbeak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
evening grosbeak; Hesperiphona vespertina
Hypernyms ("evening grosbeak" is a kind of...):
grosbeak; grossbeak (any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill)
Holonyms ("evening grosbeak" is a member of...):
genus Hesperiphona; Hesperiphona (evening grosbeak)
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