grassquit

noun

: any of several very small tropical American and West Indian finches of Tiaris and certain closely related genera

Word History

Etymology

grass entry 1 + quit (bird)

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Rhymes for grassquit

• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite