English-Thai Dictionary
crossbill
N นก พวก Loxia มี ขากรรไกร ล่าง โค้ง เมื่อ ปิดปาก จา ปาก ไขว้ กัน
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CROSSBILL
CROSSBILL Cross "bill ` (-bl `). (Law )
Defn: A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier.
Note: In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together.
CROSSBILL
CROSSBILL Cross "bill `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
crossbill
cross bill |ˈkrôsˌbil ˈkrɔsbɪl | ▶noun a thickset finch with a crossed bill adapted for extracting seeds from the cones of conifers. The plumage is typically red in the male and olive green in the female. [Genus Loxia, family Fringillidae: four species, in particular the widespread red (or common ) crossbill (L. curvirostra ).]
Oxford Dictionary
crossbill
cross |bill |ˈkrɒsbɪl | ▶noun a thickset finch with a crossed bill adapted for extracting seeds from the cones of conifers. The plumage is typically red in the male and olive green in the female. ●Genus Loxia, family Fringillidae: four species, in particular the widespread red (or common ) crossbill (L. curvirostra ).
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