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dunnock

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dunnock
Noun
same as hedge sparrow [from dun2]
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Noun1.dunnockdunnock - small brownish European songbird    
hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, sparrow
accentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia


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A dunnock, a bird about the size of a sparrow, was feeding a young cuckoo which was about eight times as big as itself.
Our hand in the future: what can be done to avert mass extinction on ... by Noble, Kenneth / For A Change
Over the years, The Gramercy cast aside its bias against actors and opened its polished granite and carved, brownstone entrance, porch to such notable film folk as Oscar nominee, Mildred Dunnock, of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Margaret Hamilton, better known as The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, and movie icon, James Cagney.
New York City's oldest co-op celebrates 120th anniversary. (Profile ... by Barr, Linda / Real Estate Weekly
of Larvae ticks Starling 1/10 (10) 1 (Sturnus vulgaris) Dunnock 1/33 (3) 1 (Prunella modularis) Reed Warbler 1/5 (20) 1 (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) Icterine Warbler 1/12 (8) 1 0/1 (Hippolais icterina) Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) 2/79 (2.
Ehrlichia-infected ticks on migrating birds. (Dispatches) by Olsen, Bjorn / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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