Twite

Word TWITE
Character 5
Hyphenation twite
Pronunciations /twaɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Twite"

What do we mean by twite?

A small Eurasian finch (Carduelis flavirostris) having streaked brown plumage. noun

A variant of thwite.

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. noun

An obsolete form of twit.

The European tree sparrow. noun

The mountain linnet (Linota flavirostris). noun

A small passerine bird, Carduelis flavirostris, that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia. noun

A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.

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The word "twite" in example sentences

(_Ruticilla titys_), Dartford warbler (_Silvia undata_), grasshopper warbler (_Locustella nævia_) [d], waxwing (_Ampelis garrulus_), twite ❋ Herbert Winckworth Tompkins (1901)

You be twite dead, Dimmy, and I'll peep in and see ❋ Louisa May Alcott (1860)

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. ❋ WalesOnline (2011)

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. ❋ WalesOnline (2011)

England Twite Recovery Project, said: Even before these fires, the twite was one of England's most threatened birds. ❋ James Meikle (2011)

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. ❋ James Meikle (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Munny, my iron’s twite told; pease put it down to warm.” ❋ Unknown (2004)

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