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undertwig

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A lower twig.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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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History

Etymology

From under- + twig.