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twite

/twʌɪt

noun

A Eurasian moorland finch related to the linnet, having streaky brown plumage with a pink rump.

Acanthis flavirostris, family Fringillidae.

Once common species such as the snipe, lapwing and curlew have seen declines of up to 73 per cent; birds like the twite, a moorland version of the linnet, are now gone from some parts of the park....

Marsden Moor supports large numbers of moorland birds such as the golden plover, red grouse, curlew and the diminutive twite.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says that nests of species such as short-eared owls, merlins, red grouse, meadow pipits, skylarks, twite and curlews will have been wiped out.

Origin

Mid 16th century: imitative of its call.

单词	twite
释义	twite /twʌɪt / noun A Eurasian moorland finch related to the linnet, having streaky brown plumage with a pink rump. Acanthis flavirostris, family Fringillidae. Once common species such as the snipe, lapwing and curlew have seen declines of up to 73 per cent; birds like the twite, a moorland version of the linnet, are now gone from some parts of the park.... Marsden Moor supports large numbers of moorland birds such as the golden plover, red grouse, curlew and the diminutive twite. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds says that nests of species such as short-eared owls, merlins, red grouse, meadow pipits, skylarks, twite and curlews will have been wiped out. Origin Mid 16th century: imitative of its call. Rhymes affright, alight, alright, aright, bedight, bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, Dwight, excite, fight, flight, fright, goodnight, height, ignite, impolite, indict, indite, invite, kite, knight, light, lite, might, mite, night, nite, outfight, outright, plight, polite, quite, right, rite, sight, site, skintight, skite, sleight, slight, smite, Snow-white, spite, sprite, tight, tonight, trite, underwrite, unite, uptight, white, wight, wright, write
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