undertwig

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noun

A lower twig.

“Edward Hamilton Aitken, Zoo in the Garden Its very way of sitting, bolt upright, on the undertwigs of a tree, and the ceaseless, nervous movement of its little tail, and the nimble little sallies after flies, […]”

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Meanings

nounundertwig (plural undertwigs)

plural undertwigs

  1. A lower twig.

    Edward Hamilton Aitken, Zoo in the Garden Its very way of sitting, bolt upright, on the undertwigs of a tree, and the ceaseless, nervous movement of its little tail, and the nimble little sallies after flies, […]

Origin

From under- + twig.

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APA

undertwig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undertwig

MLA

“undertwig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undertwig. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undertwig,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undertwig.

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