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sparrow

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spar·row  (spr)
n.
1. Any of various small New World finches of the family Emberizidae, having brownish or grayish plumage and including the song sparrow, white-throated sparrow, chipping sparrow, vesper sparrow, and other closely related species.
2. Any of various birds of the family Passeridae, especially the house sparrow.
3. Any of various similar or related birds, such as the Java sparrow.

[Middle English sparowe, from Old English spearwa.]

sparrow [ˈspærəʊ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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 insects
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian any of various North American finches, such as the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina), that have a dullish streaked plumage See also hedge sparrow, tree sparrow, song sparrow Related adjective passerine
[Old English spearwa; related to Old Norse spörr, Old High German sparo]
sparrow-like  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sparrowsparrow - any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
passeriform 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 helpless
family Passeridae, Passeridae - true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
English sparrow, house sparrow, Passer domesticus - small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
Passer montanus, tree sparrow - Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
2.sparrowsparrow - small brownish European songbird    
accentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia

sparrow noun
Related words
adjective passerine
collective noun host
Translations
sparrow [ˈspærəʊ] Ngorrión m

sparrow [ˈspærəʊ] nmoineau m

sparrow
nSperling m, → Spatz m; house sparrowHaussperling m

sparrow [ˈspærəʊ] npassero
sparrow [ˈspærəʊ] npassero

sparrow
n sparrow [ˈspӕrəu]
a common type of small brown bird related to the finch family. spreeu سنونو врабче vrabec gråspurv der Spatz σπουργίτι gorrión varblane گنجشك varpunen moineau דְרוֹר गौरा, गौरेया, चिड़ा, चिड़ी vrabac veréb burung gereja spör passero 참새 žvirblis zvirbulis burung pipit mus spurv wróbel pardal vrabie воробей vrabec vrabec vrabac sparv นกกระจอก serçe 麻雀 горобець گوریّا chim sẻ

sparrow عصفور vrabec spurv Spatz σπουργίτι gorrión varpunen moineau vrabac passero スズメ 참새 mus spurv wróbel pardal воробей sparv นกกระจอก serçe chim sẻ 麻雀


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On the road he met a sparrow that said to him, 'Why are you so sad, my friend?
"Never heard of a white sparrow even," Billy answered.
Today I sat before my colleagues like a bear's cub or a plucked sparrow, so that I fairly burned with shame.
 
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