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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cross·bill /-ˌbɪl/
 交喙鳥

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cross·bill Law A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.
 Note: ☞ In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cross·bill, n. Zool. A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 crossbill
      n : finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed [syn: Loxia
           curvirostra]