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twite

[twahyt] ,
–noun
a small finch, Carduelis flavirostris, of northern Europe, having streaked brown plumage and, in the male, a pink breast.

Origin:
1555–65; imit.
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twite   (twīt)   
n.  A small songbird (Carduelis flavirostris) of northern Great Britain and Scandinavia that resembles the linnet.

[Imitative of its call.]
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