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1. (n.) sparrow
any of numerous small New World songbirds of the subfamily Emberizinae (family Emberizidae), typically dull gray-brown with plain or streaked breasts of a lighter color, as the chipping sparrow and song sparrow.
2. sparrow
any of various similar songbirds of the Old World family Passeridae, as the house sparrow.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME sparowe, OE spearwa, c. MHG
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1. (noun) sparrow, true sparrow
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
2. (noun) hedge sparrow, sparrow, dunnock, Prunella modularis
small brownish European songbird
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1. (noun) sparrow
a small common brown bird from Europe and North America
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1. (noun) Sparrow
one of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, 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
2. (noun) Sparrow
any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge
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Sense: a common type of small brown bird related to the finch family.
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 Afrikaans: spreeu |
 Arabic: سنونو |
 Bulgarian: врабче |
 Brazilian: pardal |
 Czech: vrabec |
 German: der Spatz |
 Danish: gråspurv |
 Greek: σπουργίτι |
 Spanish: gorrión |
 Estonian: varblane |
 Farsi: گنجشك |
 Finnish: varpunen |
 French: moineau |
 Hebrew: דְרוֹר |
 Hindi: गौरा, गौरेया, चिड़ा, चिड़ |
 Croatian: vrabac |
 Hungarian: veréb |
 Indonesian: burung gereja |
 Icelandic: spör |
 Italian: passero |
 Japanese: 雀 |
 Korean: 참새 |
 Lithuanian: žvirblis |
 Latvian: zvirbulis |
 Malay: burung pipit |
 Dutch: mus |
 Norwegian: spurv |
 Polish: wróbel |
 Persian: گنجشك |
 Pashto: ګنجشک |
 Portuguese: pardal |
 Romanian: vrabie |
 Russian: воробей |
 Slovak: vrabec |
 Slovenian: vrabec |
 Serbian: vrabac |
 Swedish: sparv |
 Thai: นกกระจอก |
 Turkish: serçe |
 Taiwanese: 麻雀 |
 Ukrainian: горобець |
 Urdu: گوریّا |
 Vietnamese: chim sẻ |
 Chinese: 麻雀 |
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