SPARROW
\spˈaɹə͡ʊ], \spˈaɹəʊ], \s_p_ˈa_ɹ_əʊ]\
Definitions of SPARROW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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small brownish European songbird
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any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
By Princeton University
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small brownish European songbird
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any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
By Oddity Software
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Passeriformes of the suborder, Oscines, in which the flexor tendons of the toes are separate, and the lower syrinx has 4 to 9 pairs of tensor muscles inserted at both ends of the tracheal half rings. They include many commonly recognized birds such as crows, finches, robins, sparrows, and swallows.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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