sparrow
nounAny of various small birds of the family Emberizidae, having brownish or grayish plumage and found throughout the Americas, such as the song sparrow.
nounAny of various birds of the family Passeridae, especially the house sparrow.
nounAny of various similar birds of other families, such as the Java sparrow.
nounThe housesparrow, Passer domesticus, a fringilline bird of Europe, which has been imported and naturalized in America, Australia, and other countries.
nounSome or any fringilline bird resembling the sparrow, as Passer montanus, the tree-sparrow; one of various finches and buntings, mostly of plain coloration.
nounSome little bird likened to or mistaken for a sparrow.
nounOne of many species of small singing birds of the family
Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under
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