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/twaɪt/ · noun
A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia..
The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type.
Twites also breed in southwest and central Asia – at up to 3,500 m asl in Tibet – and it is supposed that the European relict populations became isolated during the retreat of the ice age (Voous 1960).
With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.
Use twite when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Twite means A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia..
Common synonyms include heather lintie, mountain linnet.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type.
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