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towhee

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tow⋅hee

  [tou-hee, toh-hee, toh-ee]
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–noun
any of several long-tailed North American finches of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura.
Origin:
1720–30, Americanism; imit.
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tow·hee   (tō'hē, tō-hē')   
n.  

  1. A North American bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) that ranges from southern Canada to Mexico and has black, white, and rust-colored plumage in the male. Also called chewink, ground robin.

  2. Any of several finches of the genera Pipilo or Chlorura, found in the western United States.


[Imitative of the song of some of these birds.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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