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twitcher

Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/

The English word “twitcher” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Someone or something that twitches.
  2. An avid birdwatcher who travels long distances to see rare species, or to add a new species to their personal list; a birder who goes on twitches.

Etymology

From twitch + -er. The birdwatching sense first recorded in 1970 and recalled as being in use in 1968; claimed by R.E. Emmett to have arisen in 1950s Britain in reference to birder Howard Medhurst who often arrived at rare‑bird sites shivering after riding pillion on Emmett's motorcycle.

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