rose-breasted grosbeak


rose-breasted grosbeak

n. A migratory songbird (Pheucticus ludovicianus) of the Americas, the male of which is black and white with a rose-red patch on the breast.

rose′-breast`ed gros′beak


n. a North American grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, the male of which has a rose-pink triangular breast patch. [1800–10, Amer.]