TOWHEE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous long-tailed American finches

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("towhee" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "towhee"):

cheewink; chewink; Pipilo erythrophthalmus (common towhee of eastern North America)

Chlorura chlorura; green-tailed towhee (towhee of the Rocky Mountains)

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