noun
- any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
noun
- any of various finches, such as Pinicola enucleator (pine grosbeak), that have a massive powerful bill
- cardinal grosbeak any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
1670s, partial translation of French grosbec; see gross + beak.