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Pipilo

noun

towhees

• Syn: ↑genus Pipilo

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Fringillidae, ↑family Fringillidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑chewink, ↑cheewink, ↑Pipilo erythrophthalmus

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\\ˈpipəˌlō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Latin pipilare to chirp

: a genus of American birds (family Fringillidae) of terrestrial habit — see towhee

Useful english dictionary. 2012.