towhee

[ tou-hee, toh-hee, toh-ee ]

/ ˈtaʊ hi, ˈtoʊ hi, ˈtoʊ i /

any of several long-tailed North American finches of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura.

Origin of towhee

An Americanism dating back to 1720–30; imitative

towering, towerman, towery, towhead, towheaded, towhee, towie, towing path, towkay, towline, towmond

Two eggs of the cowbird and two or three of the towhee in a nest are common.

Birds and all Nature, Vol. VI, No. 4, November 1899 |Various
In neighborly association with the brown thrush is the towhee bunting, or chewink.

Birds in the Bush |Bradford Torrey
The Chewink, or Towhee, called Nahl-tse, was instrumental in procuring the first fire.

California Athabascan Groups |Martin A. Baumhoff
The unmelodious call of a flicker in the pine-tree, and a towhee singing in the distance.

Applied Psychology for Nurses |Mary F. Porter

Still another musician who delights to take liberties with his score is the towhee bunting, or chewink.

Birds in the Bush |Bradford Torrey

towhee

/ (ˈtaʊhɪ, ˈtəʊ-) /

any of various North American brownish-coloured sparrows of the genera Pipilo and Chlorura

C18: imitative of its note