NOUN | animal | sparrow, true sparrow | any of several small dull / dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects |
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animal | sparrow, hedge sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis | small brownish European songbird |
Sounds | speh'row | |
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Rhymes | Afro ... zero: 75 rhymes with row... |
Meaning | Any of several small dull / dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects. | |
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Synonym | true sparrow | |
Member of | Passeridae, family Passeridae | true sparrows |
Narrower | English sparrow, house sparrow, Passer domesticus | small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe |
tree sparrow, Passer montanus | Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow | |
Broader | passerine, passeriform bird | perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch |
Spanish | gorrión | |
Catalan | pardal |
Meaning | small brownish European songbird. | |
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Synonyms | hedge sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis | |
Broader | accentor | small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia |
Spanish | pardal, prunella modularis | |
Catalan | pardal de bardissa, pardal, prunella modularis, Prunella modularis |
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