Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small songbird (Carduelis flavirostris) of northern Great Britain and Scandinavia that resembles the linnet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete form of twit.
- A variant of thwite.
- n. A kind of linnet, the mountain-linnet, Linaria montium or L. flavirostris, a European bird of the family Fringillidæ, nearly related to the redpoll, siskin, and goldfinch.
Wiktionary
- n. A small passerine bird, Carduelis flavirostris, that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The European tree sparrow.
- n. The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris).
Etymologies
- Imitative of its call.
Examples
“(_Ruticilla titys_), Dartford warbler (_Silvia undata_), grasshopper warbler (_Locustella nævia_) [d], waxwing (_Ampelis garrulus_), twite”
“You be twite dead, Dimmy, and I'll peep in and see”
“And the report also claims that there species classified as "critically endangered" in Wales, including the golden plover, twite and yellow wagtail, face extinction in Wales by 2015 unless urgent conservation action is carried out.”
“Dr Siân Whitehead, terrestrial and freshwater ornithologist for the CCW said: From this report, the urgency of conservation action for some breeding species such as golden plover and twite is clear.”
“England Twite Recovery Project, said: Even before these fires, the twite was one of England's most threatened birds.”
“Fires have struck both the nesting and feeding sites of the the twite It said many of the 100 pairs that nest in small colonies in the southern Pennines might be affected.”
“I am not talking about being a birder, of owning binoculars or of knowing that the bunch of small brown birds I saw happened to be a flock of twite.”
““Munny, my iron’s twite told; pease put it down to warm.””
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bilby But you have to admit that it makes a neat exclamation.
'I forgot to check the mail again. Oh, twiteshite! Nov 29, 2008
sarra Is not patterned after shite… Nov 13, 2008
reesetee A small passerine in the finch family Fringillidae. A breeder in northern Europe and across central Asia, it is partially resident, but many birds migrate farther south, or move to the coasts. Jun 24, 2008