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sparrow

DEFINITIONS OF: sparrow

1

n any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

Synonyms:
true sparrow
Types:
English sparrow, Passer domesticus, house sparrow
small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
Passer montanus, tree sparrow
Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
Type of:
passeriform bird, passerine
perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless

n small brownish European songbird

Synonyms:
Prunella modularis, dunnock, hedge sparrow
Type of:
accentor
small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
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