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Definition of Guitguits
1. guitguit [n] - See also: guitguit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guitguits
Literary usage of Guitguits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... have the bill as stout as that of a bullfinch ; In other cases the bill is
slender and acute, approaching that of the American warblers and guitguits ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"guitguits, 1 b. SUNBURY, borough of Pennsylvania, XV. 477. SUNBURY, county of
New Brunswick, XV. 477. SUNDA ISLANDS, Indian archipelago, XV. 477. ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1862)
"... or guitguits have a shorter, broader, and nearly straight bill, and lonz
pointed wings; they are found in tropical South America and the West Indies, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"guitguits, 1 b. SUNBURY, borough of Pennsylvania, XV. 477. SUNBURY, county of
New Brunswick, XV. 477. SUNDA ISLANDS, Indian archipelago, XV. 477. ..."
5. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"... or guitguits, the American representatives of the Sun-birds, have the bill
straight or but slightly curved, conical and acute, with the base broad and ..."
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