twite

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twaɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

twite (plural twites)

1. A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
   • 1976, J. T. R. Sharrock, The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland‎, page 420:

     The Twite has the distinction of being the only European bird derived from the Tibetan fauna type.

   • 1986, Valerie M. Thom, Birds in Scotland‎, page 331:

     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).

   • 2007, Simon Wood, The Birds of Essex‎, page 557:

     With subsequent climate warming, Twites in Europe followed the tundra north and became isolated.

Synonyms

• (Linaria flavirostris): heather lintie (Scotland, Orkney), mountain linnet

Translations

Carduelis flavirostris

Armenian: լեռնային վշասարեկ (leṙnayin všasarek) Bulgarian: жълтоклюно конопарче n (žǎltokljuno konoparče) Catalan: passerell becgroc m Czech: konopka žlutozobá f Danish: bjergirisk (da) c Dutch: frater (nl) m Faroese: íriskur m Finnish: vuorihemppo (fi) French: linotte à bec jaune (fr) f German: Berghänfling (de) m Hungarian: sárgacsőrű kenderike Irish: gleoiseach sléibhe m Italian: fanello nordico m Japanese: 黄嘴鶸 (kibashi hiwa) Polish: rzepołuch (pl) m Portuguese: pintarroxo de bico amarelo m Romanian: inăriță cu cioc galben f Russian: го́рная чечётка f (górnaja čečótka), го́рная конопля́нка f (górnaja konopljánka) Scottish Gaelic: bigein-baintighearna m Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: pardillo piquigualdo m Swedish: vinterhämpling (sv) c Turkish: sarı gagalı keten kuşu (tr) Ukrainian: чечітка гірська f (čečitka hirsʹka) Welsh: llinos y mynydd f

See also

• linnet

Etymology 2

Verb

twite (third-person singular simple present twites, present participle twiting, simple past and past participle twited or twit)

1. Obsolete form of twit.

Anagrams

• Witte, tewit