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spar·row S0607700 (spăr′ō)n.1. Any of various small birds of the family Emberizidae, having brownish or grayish plumage and found throughout the Americas, such as the song sparrow.2. Any of various birds of the family Passeridae, especially the house sparrow.3. Any of various similar birds of other families, such as the Java sparrow.
[Middle English sparowe, from Old English spearwa.]sparrow (ˈspærəʊ) n1. (Animals) any weaverbird of the genus Passer and related genera, esp the house sparrow, having a brown or grey plumage and feeding on seeds or insects2. (Animals) US and Canadian any of various North American finches, such as the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina), that have a dullish streaked plumage[Old English spearwa; related to Old Norse spörr, Old High German sparo] ˈsparrow-ˌlike adjspar•row (ˈspær oʊ)
n. 1. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the subfamily Emberizinae (family Emberizidae), typically dull gray-brown with plain or streaked breasts of a lighter color, as the chipping sparrow and song sparrow. 2. any of various similar songbirds of the Old World family Passeridae, as the house sparrow. [before 900; Middle English sparowe, Old English spearwa, c. Middle High German sparwe, Old Norse spǫrr, Gothic sparwa] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sparrow - any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insectstrue sparrowpasseriform 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 helplessfamily Passeridae, Passeridae - true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirdsEnglish sparrow, house sparrow, Passer domesticus - small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to EuropePasser montanus, tree sparrow - Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow | | 2. |  sparrow - small brownish European songbird dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularisaccentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia |
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adjective passerine
collective noun hostTranslationssparrow (ˈspӕrəu) noun a common type of small brown bird related to the finch family. 麻雀 麻雀sparrow
sparrow, common name of various small brown-and-gray perching birds. New World birds called sparrows are members of the finchfinch,
common name for members of the Fringillidae, the largest family of birds (including over half the known species), found in most parts of the world except Australia.
..... Click the link for more information. family. They were named for their resemblance to the English sparrowEnglish sparrow
or house sparrow,
small bird, Passer domesticus, common throughout most of the world. English sparrows are 4 to 7 in. (10–18 cm) long, with short, stout bills.
..... Click the link for more information. and the European tree sparrow (members of the weaverbirdweaverbird,
name for the Ploceidae, a family of Old World seed-eating birds closely resembling finches (hence the alternate name weaver finch). It includes a number of so-called goldfinches and waxbill finches that are actually weaverbirds, rather than true finches of the family
..... Click the link for more information. family), both introduced in the Americas. Members of both groups have stout, conical beaks adapted to seed eating. Among the many sparrows found in the United States are the song sparrow, the white-throated sparrow (or peabody bird), and the chipping, white-crowned, vesper, Lincoln's, fox, field, tree, and swamp sparrows. Sparrows are valuable to farmers in destroying weed seeds. Originally sparrow meant any small bird; the word appears in this sense in Greek mythology and in the Scriptures.sparrow1. any weaverbird of the genus Passer and related genera, esp the house sparrow, having a brown or grey plumage and feeding on seeds or insects 2. US and Canadian any of various North American finches, such as the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina), that have a dullish streaked plumage SPARROW
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sparrow
Synonyms for sparrownoun any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insectsSynonymsRelated Words- passeriform bird
- passerine
- family Passeridae
- Passeridae
- English sparrow
- house sparrow
- Passer domesticus
- Passer montanus
- tree sparrow
noun small brownish European songbirdSynonyms- dunnock
- hedge sparrow
- Prunella modularis
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