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tweeter

3.0

A small bird that makes short, high sounds

noun
/ˈtwiːtər/

: pajarito

Examples

You may want to look over your followers list twice, my little Tweeters.

Blog text (23)
The bright yellow tweeter perched on the branch, singing a lovely tune.
In the garden, a cheerful tweeter flitted from flower to flower, chirping happily.
As dawn broke, a group of tweeters filled the air with their quick, high-pitched calls.

Synonyms

birdy

vstweeter

Baby Talk

21 7.9

A small bird often named by children

focuses on quick high pitched sounds rather than informal naming

twitterer

vstweeter

8.2

A small bird that makes short high musical sounds

makes quick high pitched sounds rather than repeated series

chirper

vstweeter

4.5

A small animal that makes short high sounds like bird calls

makes many quick high pitched sounds rather than single calls

songster

vstweeter

6.7

A bird that makes clear, pleasant sounds

makes quick high pitched sounds not melodic songs

dickeybird

vstweeter

Archaic

9.9

A small bird that adults point out to children

describes the bird by its quick high pitched sounds rather than childish name

Surface Forms

tweeter singular

tweeters plural

Morphology

tweeter = tweet (transparent) = tweet + er

The bird sense is directly motivated by the sound the bird makes, so the formation is easy to infer.

Etymology

The word tweeter for a small bird comes from tweet, an imitation of the bird's short, high sound. So a tweeter is simply a bird that 'tweets', making quick high notes.