Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grosbeak \Gros"beak\, n. [Gross + beak: cf. F. gros-bec.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   One of various species of finches having a large, stout beak.
   The common European grosbeak or hawfinch is {Coccothraustes
   vulgaris}.

   Note: Among the best known American species are the
         rose-breasted ({Habia Ludoviciana}); the blue ({Guiraca
         c[oe]rulea}); the pine ({Pinicola enucleator}); and the
         evening grosbeak. See {Hawfinch}, and {Cardinal
         grosbeak}, {Evening grosbeak}, under {Cardinal} and
         {Evening}. [Written also {grossbeak}.]