crossbill | |
crossbills |
crossbill | (n) finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed, Syn. Loxia curvirostra |
Crossbill | (Law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Crossbill | n. (Zool.) A bird of the genus |
鶡 | [鶡] crossbill; long-tailed pheasant [Add to Longdo] |
交喙;鶍(oK) | [いすか;イスカ, isuka ; isuka] (n) (uk) common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) [Add to Longdo] |
交喙の嘴;鶍の嘴 | [いすかのはし, isukanohashi] (exp, n, adj-no) (See 交喙) something contradictory and different from what one expected; crossbill's bill [Add to Longdo] |