Definition of Crossbills. Meaning of Crossbills. Synonyms of Crossbills

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Definition of Crossbills

Crossbill
Crossbill Cross"bill` (-b[i^]l`). (Law) 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. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

Meaning of Crossbills from wikipedia

- Bulgaria. The species of crossbills are difficult to separate, and care is needed even with the two-barred and Hispaniolan crossbills, the easiest. The other...
- The red crossbill or common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small p****erine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles...
- male is also a somewhat brighter (pinker) red than other male crossbills. Some red crossbills occasionally show weak white wingbars, so care is needed with...
- separate from red and Scottish crossbills, and plumage distinctions are negligible. It is slightly larger than other crossbills, measuring 16 to 18 cm (6.3...
- types[clarification needed] of crossbills caught, almost all matched closely for bill size and calls, so the different types of crossbills were behaving as distinct...
- Occasionally when red crossbills forage, there will be overlap between different call types. It is believed that crossbills used the public information...
- The Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) is a crossbill that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic)...
- States Navy have been named Crossbill, after the crossbill, a finch whose curved mandibles cross each other. USS Crossbill (AMc-9), acquired by the Navy...
- The Newfoundland red crossbill is a member of the crossbill genus which has its crossed bill adapted for prying open the tightly closed spruce or pine...
- Empire Crossbill was a 5,463 GRT Design 1013 cargo ship that was completed in 1919 by Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, San Pedro, California...