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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.
CrossbillCrossbill 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...
- 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...
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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...
- 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...
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Occasionally when red
crossbills forage,
there will be
overlap between different call types. It is
believed that
crossbills used the
public information...
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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
Hispaniolan crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) is a
crossbill that is
endemic to the
island of
Hispaniola (split
between Haiti and the
Dominican Republic)...
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including the
twite and
three linnets Acanthis – 3
redpolls Loxia – 6
crossbills Chrysocorythus – 2
species Carduelis – 3
species including the European...
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specialised to feed on a
particular type of seed, such as
cones in the case of
crossbills.
Carduelines forage in
flocks throughout the year,
rather than keeping...
