twite finch
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Finch — Taxobox name = True finches | image width = 250px image caption = Fringilla coelebs (chaffinch), male regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Fringillidae familia authority = Vigors,… … Wikipedia
Twite — Taxobox name = Twite status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Fringillidae genus = Carduelis species = C. flavirostris binomial = Carduelis… … Wikipedia
twite — /twuyt/, n. a small finch, Carduelis flavirostris, of northern Europe, having streaked brown plumage and, in the male, a pink breast. [1555 65; imit.] * * * … Universalium
twite — n. species of small European sparrow (type of bird); linnet, species of small European finch (type of bird) … English contemporary dictionary
twite — [twʌɪt] noun a moorland finch with streaky brown plumage and a pink rump. [Acanthis flavirostris.] Origin C16: imitative of its call … English new terms dictionary
twite — n. a moorland finch, Carduelis flavirostris, resembling the linnet. Etymology: imit. of its cry … Useful english dictionary
linnet finch — Linnet Lin net (l[i^]n n[e^]t), n. [F. linot, linotte, from L. linum flax; or perh. shortened from AS. l[=i]netwige, fr. AS. l[=i]n flax; so called because it feeds on the seeds of flax and hemp. See {Linen}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Twitty — This very interesting name is of East Anglian origin and derives from the Olde Viking, pre 7th Century locational word Thwaite meaning a clearing in a forest. It is believed that the Scottish Tweedie is of the same origination, and this is… … Surnames reference
Carduelis — Chloris (bird) redirects here. The name Chloris was also invalidly used for the bird genus Parula. Carduelis The European Goldfinch belongs to a group of red or yellow faced species … Wikipedia
Sibley-Monroe checklist 18 — The Sibley Monroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of birds. It drew on extensive DNA DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds. Passeriformes (continued)Fringillidae* Peucedramus taeniatus Olive… … Wikipedia
