Twite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /twaɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Twite is a noun meaning A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
Meaning
A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
More Meanings
- Obsolete form of twit.
Example Sentences
With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.
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).
Word Forms
- twites
- twiting
- twited
- twit
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include linnet, lintwhite, redfinch, firecrest, blackbird, redwing.
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