Grosbeak: alternatives and connections

A large fresh-water fish ( Barbus vulgaris) found in many European rivers. Its upper jaw is furnished with four barbels.

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.

The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…

A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp.

A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American r…

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…

A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to cer…

One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…

One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Euro…

One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris;…

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color i…

Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American finches; -- called also snowbird, or blue snowbird.