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Definition of Twite
1. n. The European tree sparrow.
Definition of Twite
1. Noun. A small passerine bird, ''Carduelis flavirostris'', that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twite
1. a mountain linnet [n -S]
Medical Definition of Twite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Twite
Literary usage of Twite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1852)
"The twite is plentiful in the northern parts of England, and in Scotland, Ireland,
the Hebrides, and Orkney, throughout the year. In Yorkshire it breeds in ..."
2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"MOUNTAIN LINNET OR twite. LINARIA MONTANA, Ray. PLATE LV. FIG. 5. ... twite, Mont.
Ornith. Diet. v. 2—Low's Faun. Oread, p. 64—Shaw's Zool. ZooL 2. p. 380. ..."
3. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"Mr. twite-hell walked erect, and bore the steady gaze of the people without being
in the slightest degree affected. Mr. Twitchell, Sr., accompanied the ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... The Law of Nations, considered as independent Political Communities" (1861),
in a revised and enlarged edition of which (1876) he maintains twite. ..."
5. The Nests and Eggs of British Birds: When and where to Find Them : Being a by Charles Dixon (1894)
"Eggs (and nest too) of the twite resemble those of the Linnet so closely that great
... BRITISH BREEDING AREA : The distribution of the twite during the ..."
6. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... in banks, or under tussocks of vegetation — Robins and Buntings — twite and
Ring Ousel—Mound Birds—The Philosophy of Concealed Nests. ..."
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