Any of numerous long-tailed American finches

• Red-eyed sparrow
• American sparrow relative
• Long-tailed finch
• Variety of finch
• North American sparrow
• Chewink

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A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo or Melozone within the family Emberizidae (which also includes the buntings , American sparrows , and juncos ). Towhees typically have longer tails than other emberizids. Most species ...

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n. Any of several species of birds of the genera ''Pipilo'' and ''Melozone''.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
marsh-robin, 1730, so called for the note of its cry.