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ENGLISH SPARROW

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Dictionary entry overview: What does English sparrow mean?

• ENGLISH SPARROW (noun)
The noun ENGLISH SPARROW has 1 sense:

1. small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

Familiarity information: ENGLISH SPARROW used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENGLISH SPARROW (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus

Hypernyms ("English sparrow" is a kind of...):

sparrow; true sparrow (any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects)

Holonyms ("English sparrow" is a member of...):

genus Passer; Passer (type genus of the Passeridae)

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