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spar·row (spar′ō)

noun

  1. any of a family (Passeridae) of Old World passerine birds, including the English sparrow
  2. any of various New World passerine birds (family Emberizidae), including the song sparrow and white-throated sparrow
  3. any of several other similar birds, as the hedge or Java sparrows

Etymology: ME sparwe < OE spearwa, akin to MHG sparwe < IE base *sper-, bird name, esp. for sparrow > Gr sporgilos, sparrow, psar, starling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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