[mod.L., f. Gr. λοξ-ός oblique. (So called by Gesner, from the oblique crossing of the mandibles.)] A genus of birds of which the Crossbill is the type.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey), Loxias, the Cross-beak or Shell-apple; a Bird that is common in several Parts of Germany, and sometimes found in England.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Loxia.
1834. Pringle, Afr. Sk., 25.
| Whose slender sprays above the flood | |
| Suspend the loxia’s callow brood | |
| In cradle-nests. |
