Etymology

grassquit

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Today it means: Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea. Full definition →

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The story

From grass + quit (“small passerine bird”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.