house sparrow
noun
: a sparrow (Passer domesticus) native to Eurasia that has been introduced worldwide and is found especially in urban and agricultural areas
called also English sparrow
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The house sparrow is the most abundant bird in the world, according to National Geographic, with a population of 1.6 billion. 
Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022 That rank not only reflects the relationship of frequent combatant pairs such as the house sparrow and the blue jay, but also accurately predicts which bird will dominate when two distant species meet for the first time. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The songbirds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren. courant.com, 10 Aug. 2021 The birds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 8 July 2021 But the same cicada event in the same woods that year did not correspond with any difference in the average number of eggs per house sparrow nest, compared with the prior and subsequent years. Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021 Lapsansky and his colleagues have also found another nonswimming species, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), swims just as well as starlings. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 5 Jan. 2021 The department plans a series of pond-to-table videos leading up to the Institute’s Invasive Species Cook-off in 2021 (remember reading here several years ago about my daughter’s popcorn house sparrow?). Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020 For most of the early morning the train platform remained empty and quiet, except for the chirping of house sparrows. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 7 May 2020 See More
Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2022 That rank not only reflects the relationship of frequent combatant pairs such as the house sparrow and the blue jay, but also accurately predicts which bird will dominate when two distant species meet for the first time. Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2021 The songbirds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren. courant.com, 10 Aug. 2021 The birds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 8 July 2021 But the same cicada event in the same woods that year did not correspond with any difference in the average number of eggs per house sparrow nest, compared with the prior and subsequent years. Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021 Lapsansky and his colleagues have also found another nonswimming species, the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), swims just as well as starlings. Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 5 Jan. 2021 The department plans a series of pond-to-table videos leading up to the Institute’s Invasive Species Cook-off in 2021 (remember reading here several years ago about my daughter’s popcorn house sparrow?). Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020 For most of the early morning the train platform remained empty and quiet, except for the chirping of house sparrows. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 7 May 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1653, in the meaning defined above