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单词 dunnock
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dunnock

[ duhn-uhk ]
/ ˈdʌn ək /

noun British.

hedge sparrow.

Origin of dunnock

First recorded in 1425–75, dunnock is from the late Middle English word dunoke, donek. See dun2, -ock

Words nearby dunnock

dunnart, Dunne, Dunning-Kruger effect, dunnite, dunno, dunnock, Dunnville, dunny, Dunois, Dunoon, Dunsany
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Example sentences from the Web for dunnock

  • Limed twigs may also be put in a bare place with earth or meal-worms, just as for the dunnock.

    The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein

  • And it may aid Mr. Dunnock and others in accumulating a fortune.

    A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital|John Beauchamp Jones

  • The dunnock usually begins towards sunset, first mounting to the loftiest twig it can discover that will bear its weight.

    Lancashire|Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon

British Dictionary definitions for dunnock

dunnock
/ (ˈdʌnək) /

noun

another name for hedge sparrow

Word Origin for dunnock

C15: from dun ² + -ock
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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