crossbill

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.
2. noun A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.

Similar words

loxia curvirostra loxia red genus loxia red crossbill crossbeak two-barred crossbill common crossbill parrot crossbill white-winged crossbill

Often followed by

is loxia and in was on

Word family

crossbills