| NOUN | animal | true sparrow, sparrow | any of several small dull / dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects |
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| Meaning | Any of several small dull / dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects. | |
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| Synonym | 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 | |
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