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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



... masses in the water courses have developed the little black dots sufficiently so that we can see they are tadpoles, when the songsters have been joined by the catbird, the rose-breasted grosbeak, the woodthrush, the whippoorwill, the cheerful and friendly chewink and several of the warblers and flycatchers, the rivers and creeks will be fringed with the brilliant yellow of the marsh marigold, and we shall think of Shakespeare, walking the meadows of Avon, getting material for that song of the ...
— Some Spring Days in Iowa • Frederick John Lazell

... began the duet. Before the question had been asked and answered a half dozen times a catbird intruded its voice and hearing a reply came through the bushes to investigate. A wren followed and became very saucy. From——one could not see where, came a vireo, and almost at the same time a chewink had something ...
— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter



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



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