Zool. [ad. F. conirostre, ad. mod.L. cōnirostris, f. cōnus cone + ROSTRUM beak, bill.] A member of the Conirostres, a group of insessorial birds having a conical bill.

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1842.  Brande, Dict. Sci., Conirosters, Conirostres … including those which have a thick robust conical beak, as the crows and finches.

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1847.  in Craig.

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  So Conirostral a., conical-billed.

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c. 1840.  Swainson is cited by Webster 1864.

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