单词 | chewink |
释义 | chewinkn. U.S. (now rare). A towhee (genus Pipilo, family Emberizidae); esp. the eastern towhee, P. erythrophthalmus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Piplio (ground-robin) towhee1731 swamp robin1769 chewink1792 ground-robin1794 joree1884 1792 J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. III. 173 (table) Cheeweeh, Fringilla erythrophthalma? 1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 36 In Virginia, he [sc. the Towhe Bunting] is called the Bulfinch;..in Pennsylvania, the Chewink, and by others the Swamp Robin. 1858 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 865/1 He..utters that peculiar note of complaint from which he has derived his name, Chewink, though the sound he utters is more like chewee, accenting the second syllable. 1884 J. Burroughs Birds & Flowers 134 The cheewink is a shy bird also. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know viii. 129 A family of chewinks sally forth boldly to my piazza floor to pick up seed. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 14/3 The pale waxy berries furnish a greatly relished food for phoebes, chewinks, and myrtle warblers. 2000 South Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 24 June c2 Chewink, high-hole and pine linnet are names no longer familiar to modern birders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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