Meanings
nounblue-black grosbeak (plural blue-black grosbeaks)
plural blue-black grosbeaks
- Any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from southern Mexico down to northern South America.
Origin
From blue + black + grosbeak, possibly a partial calque of translingual Cyanoloxia cyanoides (or the synonyms thereof), using the specific epithet of cyanoides (“like cyan”), from κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos, “dark blue”), though improbable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan cardenal anyil ultramarí
- cardenal anyil ultramaríC. cyanoides
Dutch blauwrugbisschop
- blauwrugbisschopC. cyanoides
Finnish hohtokardinaali
- hohtokardinaaliC. cyanoides
French évêque bleu-noir
- évêque bleu-noirC. cyanoides
Portuguese azulão-da-amazônia
- azulão-da-amazôniaC. cyanoides
Russian чёрно-си́ний большеклю́в, чёрно-си́ний овся́нковый кардина́л
- чёрно-си́ний большеклю́в (čórno-sínij bolʹšekljúv)C. cyanoides
- чёрно-си́ний овся́нковый кардина́л (čórno-sínij ovsjánkovyj kardinál)C. cyanoides
Swedish blåsvart kardinal
- blåsvart kardinalC. cyanoides
Ukrainian лу́скар си́зий
- лу́скар си́зий (lúskar sýzyj)C. cyanoides
Welsh tewbig glas tywyll
- tewbig glas tywyllC. cyanoides
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APA
blue-black grosbeak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-black%20grosbeak
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Chicago
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