Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Conirostres \Co`ni*ros"tres\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. conus cone +
   rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a
   strong conical bill, as the finches.