crossbill
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
crossbill (plural crossbills)
- Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.
- (law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
- 1836, Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, A Practical Treatise of the Law of Vendors and Purchasers of Estates:
- he not having the money ready […] filed a bill for a specific performance, evidently to gain time. The vendors filed a crossbill; and afterwards the purchaser became a bankrupt
Hyponyms[edit]
- common crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
- Hispaniolan crossbill, Loxia megaplaga
- parrot crossbill, Loxia pytyopsittacus
- red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
- Scottish crossbill, Loxia scotica
- Cassia crossbill, Loxia sinesciuris
- two-barred crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
- white-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera
Translations[edit]
finch of the genus Loxia
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law: bill brought by a defendant against the plaintiff — see counterclaim