crossbill

crossbill englannista suomeksi

1. pikkukäpylintu

0. Substantiivi

1. käpylintu

crossbill englanniksi

1. Any of various finches of the genus (taxfmt), whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.

2. A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.

3. (quote-book) filed a bill for a specific performance, evidently to gain time. The vendors filed a crossbill; and afterwards the purchaser became a bankrupt