cardinal grosbeak

1. 1.

   crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

   SynonymscardinalRichmondena CardinalisCardinalis cardinalisredbird

   Broaderfinch

   Part ofRichmondena

Questions about cardinal grosbeak

What does cardinal grosbeak mean?

cardinal grosbeak means "crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male".

What is another word for cardinal grosbeak?

Close synonyms include cardinal, Richmondena Cardinalis, Cardinalis cardinalis, redbird. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cardinal grosbeak a common word?

cardinal grosbeak is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.