twite

English

A twite

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^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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
• 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