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Definition of Towhee
1. Noun. Any of numerous long-tailed American finches.
Specialized synonyms: Cheewink, Chewink, Pipilo Erythrophthalmus, Chlorura Chlorura, Green-tailed Towhee
Definition of Towhee
1. n. The chewink.
Definition of Towhee
1. Noun. Any bird of the genus ''Pipilo''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Towhee
1. a common finch [n -S]
Medical Definition of Towhee
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Towhee
Literary usage of Towhee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Like the eastern towhee, they nest on the ground under the protection of ...
This species is similar to the eastern towhee but has the scapulars and coverts ..."
2. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds by Oliver Davie (1900)
"Called the Chestnut-crowned towhee, Green-tailed Bunting and Blanding's Finch.
It is generally distributed in all bushy places throughout the fertile ..."
3. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"It is only when singing that the towhee is fully at rest. ... I have long tried
to express the towhee song in words, but never succeeded as well as Ernest ..."
4. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"... towhee blure 1" Season: Common summer resident; late April to October. ...
towhee " (a note which suggested the name towhee) and in his anxiety exposes ..."
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