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true sparrow
DEFINITIONS OF:
true sparrow
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n
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
Synonyms:
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
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