twitcher

English

WOTD – 9 February 2012

Etymology

twitch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪtʃə(r)

Noun

twitcher (plural twitchers)

1. Someone or something that twitches.
2. An eager birdwatcher who is willing to travel long distances to see rare species. (See the Wikipedia article for origin.)

Translations

someone or something that twitches

• Finnish: nykijä, sätkijä, hiplari
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: manischer Vogelbeobachter m

eager bird watcher

• Finnish: lintubongari (fi), bongari (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: cocheur m

Anagrams

• witchert