pyr|rhu|lox|i|a

pyr|rhu|lox|i|a
pyr|rhu|lox|i|a «PIHR uh LOK see uh», noun.
a gray finch with a reddish crest and tail, of the southwestern United States and Mexico, resembling and related to the cardinal.
[< New Latin Pyrrhuloxia the genus name, perhaps < Greek pyrrhós fiery red]

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