[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.
