单词 | seaside sparrow |
释义 | > as lemmasseaside sparrow seaside sparrow n. a small sparrow, Ammospiza maritima (family Passerellidae), which typically inhabits tidal marshes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; cf. seaside finch n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > ammospiza maritima (seaside sparrow) seaside finch1808 seaside sparrow1886 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 230 It [sc. the Swamp Sparrow]..is hardly distinguishable in its habits from the sea-side sparrows. 1937 T. G. Pearson in G. Grosvenor & A. Wetmore Bk. Birds II. 272/2 The northern seaside sparrow inhabits..the vicinity of the ocean beaches. 2012 C. Seabrook World Salt Marsh xv. 270 Of the nine recognized subspecies of seaside sparrow, two are extinct: the dusky and the Smyrna. < as lemmas |
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