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Chewink  n.  (Also spelled cheewink)  (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.






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"Chewink" Quotes from Famous Books



... black relatives, the swallow-like terns, are occasionally seen. The black-crowned night-heron is less common than the great blue heron. Clarke's crow is more properly called Clarke's nutcracker—a different genus. The road robin or chewink is fairly common in the thickets above the Lake. Nuttal's poor will, with its call of two syllables, is not infrequently heard at night. The silent mountain blue-bird, sialia arctica, is sometimes seen. So is the western warbling ...
— The Lake of the Sky • George Wharton James



Words linked to "Chewink" :   cheewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, towhee, genus Pipilo



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