sparrow : Idioms & Phrases

• noun small North American finch common in urban areas
  Spizella passerina.
  

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• noun small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
  Passer domesticus; English sparrow.
  

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• noun common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
  Spizella pusilla.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla). (b) The hedge sparrow. Eng.

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• See under Field, Fox, etc.

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• (Zoöl.), a large American sparrow (Passerella iliaca); so called on account of its reddish color.

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• noun small brownish European songbird
  dunnock; sparrow; Prunella modularis.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney.

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• noun small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
  Passer domesticus; English sparrow.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common European sparrow (Passer domesticus). It has recently been introduced into America, where it has become very abundant, esp. in cities. Called also thatch sparrow.

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• noun small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
  Java finch; ricebird; Padda oryzivora.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of finch (Padda oryzivora), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird; called also ricebird, and paddy bird. In the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also kept as a cage bird.

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• (Zoöl.), a sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States.

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• noun French cabaret singer (1915-1963)
  Edith Piaf; Piaf; Edith Giovanna Gassion.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the European tree sparrow.

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• noun sparrow-like North American finches
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Reed bunting, above.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus Petronia, as P. stulla, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow (Pucæa ruficeps).

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• (Zoöl.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.

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• (Zoöl.), the shining flycatcher (Myiagra nitida) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster.

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• (Zoöl.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States.

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• noun small songbird common in North America
  Melospiza melodia.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very common North American sparrow (Melospiza fasciata, or M. melodia) noted for the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in the center.

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• a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable.

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• noun small North American falcon
  kestrel; American kestrel; Falco sparverius.
  
• noun small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa
  Accipiter nisus.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A small European hawk (Accipiter nisus) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon (Falco sparverius). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter torquatus). The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk.

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• (Zoöl.), a small owl (Glaucidium passerinum) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls.

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• (Zoöl.), the female of the reed bunting. Prov. Eng.

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• noun a hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines
  

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• adjective satellite having the approximate size of a sparrow
  

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• noun North American finch of marshy area
  Melospiza georgiana.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or M. palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places.

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• (Zoöl.), the rock pipit. Prov. Eng.

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• the house sparrow. Prov. Eng.

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• noun Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
  Passer montanus.
  
• noun finch common in winter in the northern U.S.
  Spizella arborea.
  

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• (Zoöl.) any one of several species of small arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow (Spizella monticola), and the common European species (Passer montanus).

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• noun any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
  sparrow.
  

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• noun common North American finch noted for its evening song
  grass finch; Pooecetes gramineus.
  

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• the grass finch. See under Grass.

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) The reed warbler. Prov. Eng. (b) The reed bunting. Prov. Eng.

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• noun finch with black-and-white striped crown
  Zonotrichia leucophrys.
  

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• noun common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
  whitethroat; Zonotrichia albicollis.
  

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