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n. 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.

n. Any of various birds of the family Passeridae, especially the house sparrow.

n. Any of various similar or related birds, such as the Java sparrow.

n. The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.

n. A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.

n. A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.

n. Generically, any small, nondescript bird.

n. A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.

n. 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.

n. Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.

n. The housesparrow, Passer domesticus, a fringilline bird of Europe, which has been imported and naturalized in America, Australia, and other countries.

n. Some or any fringilline bird resembling the sparrow, as Passer montanus, the tree-sparrow; one of various finches and buntings, mostly of plain coloration.

n. Some little bird likened to or mistaken for a sparrow.

n. any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

n. small brownish European songbird

"The white-throated sparrow is far from flashy, never one to spark love at first sight."

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accentor   

sandwich sparrow    bush-sparrow    java sparrow    oregon sparrow    white-throated sparrow    ipswich sparrow    sea-shore sparrow    english sparrow    green-tailed sparrow   

hedge   

sparrowhawk    tree sparrow    house sparrow   

Barrow    Darrow    Faro    Guerrero    Madero    Mescalero    Pharaoh    Sombrero    aero    amero   

blackbird    jay    thrush    pigeon    cuckoo    robin    magpie    owl    dove    swan