TOWHEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does towhee mean? 

• TOWHEE (noun)
  The noun TOWHEE has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous long-tailed American finches

  Familiarity information: TOWHEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOWHEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous long-tailed American finches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("towhee" is a kind of...):

finch (any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "towhee"):

cheewink; chewink; Pipilo erythrophthalmus (common towhee of eastern North America)

Chlorura chlorura; green-tailed towhee (towhee of the Rocky Mountains)