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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) the common rufous-sided towhee of eastern North America,
Pipilo erythrophthalmus .
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- noun common towhee of eastern North America
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It is not a bird that skulks and hides, like the cat-bird, the brown-thrasher, the chat, or the cheewink, and its nest is not concealed with the same art as theirs.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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