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house sparrow

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house sparrow
n.
A small bird (Passer domesticus) native to the Old World but widely naturalized elsewhere, having brown and gray plumage with a black throat in the adult male. Also called English sparrow.
house sparrow
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts Also called (US) English sparrow
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Noun1.house sparrowhouse sparrow - small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
English sparrow, Passer domesticus
sparrow, true sparrow - any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
genus Passer, Passer - type genus of the Passeridae


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Rarely, however, is a bond as strong as that between Chris Chester and his friend B, a house sparrow he rescued when B fell out of his nest as a baby.
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The epitome of urban birds, the house sparrow, is all but extinct in central London.
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To get a better idea of what the birds are seeing, Hunt and her colleagues measured UV reflection from chick gapes and nests for barn swallows, blackbirds, house sparrows, and five other European species.
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