towhee

3 definitions found

towhee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Towhee \To*whee"\, n. (Zool.)
     The chewink.
     [1913 Webster]

  Chewink \Che"wink\, n. (Zool.)
     An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch
     family, so called from its note; -- called also rufous-sided towhee
     , towhee, towhee bunting and ground robin. [Also
     spelled cheewink.]
     [1913 Webster]

towhee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  towhee
      n 1: any of numerous long-tailed American finches