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towhee
[ tou-hee, toh-hee, toh-ee ]
noun
- any of several long-tailed North American finches of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura.
towhee
/ ˈtaʊhɪ; ˈtəʊ- /
noun
- any of various North American brownish-coloured sparrows of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura
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Word History and Origins
Origin of towhee1
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30; imitative
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Word History and Origins
Origin of towhee1
C18: imitative of its note
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Example Sentences
He is known by an offensive and inapt title—the green-tailed towhee.
From Project Gutenberg
White-eyed Towhee (alleni) has white eyes instead of red and less white on the tail; found on the South Atlantic coast.
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His mystery of the black ground-bird with a brown mate was resolved into the Common Towhee.
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Two eggs of the cowbird and two or three of the towhee in a nest are common.
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The green-tailed towhee he is called in the books, though the red of his head is much more conspicuous than the green of his tail.
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