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noun
Any bird of the species Cyanoloxia cyanoides, a deep blue and black-colored cardinalid found from southern Mexico down to northern South America.
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History
From blue + black + grosbeak, possibly a partial calque of translingual Cyanoloxia cyanoides (or the synonyms thereof), using the specific epithet of cyanoides (“like cyan”), from κῠ́ᾰνος (kŭ́ănos, “dark blue”), though improbable.
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