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T0292900 (tō′hē, tō-hē′)n.1. A songbird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of eastern North America having black, white, and rust-colored plumage in the male. Also called chewink.2. Any of several similar birds of the genera Pipilo and Melozone, found in western North America.

[Imitative of the song of some of these birds.]

towhee

(ˈtaʊhɪ; ˈtəʊ-) n (Animals) any of various North American brownish-coloured sparrows of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura[C18: imitative of its note]

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(ˈtaʊ hi, ˈtoʊ hi, ˈtoʊ i)

n. any of several long-tailed North American finches of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura with a black back, rust-colored sides, and a white breast. [1720–30, Amer.; imitative]

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towhee - any of numerous long-tailed American finchesfinch - any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seedscheewink, chewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus - common towhee of eastern North AmericaChlorura chlorura, green-tailed towhee - towhee of the Rocky Mountains

towhee

(tō`hē, tōhē`, to͞o`hē), common name for a North American bird of the family Fringillidae (finchfinch,
common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia.
..... Click the link for more information. family). Towhees are also called chewinks, for their call, and ground robins, because like robins they are ground feeders—often detected by the rustling noise they make searching through dry underbrush for insects. In the male red-eyed towhee, found E of the Great Plains and in parts of Canada, the upper parts are glossy black and the underparts white with patches of chestnut-brown on the sides. The white-eyed towhee is found in the South, and the inconspicuous brown and Abert's towhees in the West. The green-tailed towhee is a western mountain bird. The various species of towhees all belong to the genus Pipilo. Towhees are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Fringillidae.

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noun any of numerous long-tailed American finches

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