Sparrow

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  • noun. Any of various small birds of the family Emberizidae, having brownish or grayish plumage and found throughout the Americas, such as the song sparrow.
  • noun. Any of various birds of the family Passeridae, especially the house sparrow.
  • noun. Any of various similar birds of other families, such as the Java sparrow.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The housesparrow, Passer domesticus, a fringilline bird of Europe, which has been imported and naturalized in America, Australia, and other countries.
  • noun. Some or any fringilline bird resembling the sparrow, as Passer montanus, the tree-sparrow; one of various finches and buntings, mostly of plain coloration.
  • noun. Some little bird likened to or mistaken for a sparrow.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under house.
  • noun. Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
  • noun. See under Field, Fox, etc.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable.
  • noun. The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter torquatus).
  • noun. a small owl (Glaucidium passerinum) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls.
  • noun. the female of the reed bunting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
  • noun. A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
  • noun. A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
  • noun. Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
  • noun. A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
  • noun. small brownish European songbird
  • Word Usage
    "If it be true, that the life of a sparrow is the object of God's care; if it be true, that the very hairs of our heads are all numbered by Him, much more must it be true, that there was a"
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    accentor  
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    Barrow  Darrow  Faro  Guerrero  Madero  
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    blackbird  bluebird  cuckoo  dove  frog  
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    hedge