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TOWHEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous long-tailed American finches
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("towhee" is a kind of...):
finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "towhee"):
cheewink; chewink; Pipilo erythrophthalmus (common towhee of eastern North America)
Chlorura chlorura; green-tailed towhee (towhee of the Rocky Mountains)