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Chewink

Chewink \Che"wink\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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. [Also spelled cheewink.]

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chewink

n. A bird, ''Pipilo erythrophthalmus'', the Eastern towhee.

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chewink

n. common towhee of eastern North America [syn: cheewink, Pipilo erythrophthalmus]

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On the third or fourth of May I saw a loon in the pond, and during the first week of the month I heard the whip-poor-will, the brown thrasher, the veery, the wood pewee, the chewink, and other birds.