Definition of sparrow

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Sparrow (n.) 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..

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Sparrow :: Sparrow (n.) 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..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A sparrow.
Fringilline :: Fringilline (a.) Pertaining to the family Fringillidae; characteristic of finches; sparrowlike.
Ricebird :: Ricebird (n.) The Java sparrow.
Dunnock :: Dunnock (a.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.
Eyasmusket :: Eyasmusket (n.) An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk.
Sparhawk :: Sparhawk (n.) The sparrow hawk.
Maalin :: Maalin (n.) The sparrow hawk.
Philip :: Philip (n.) The European hedge sparrow.
Sparve :: Sparve (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Shufflewing :: Shufflewing (n.) The hedg sparrow.
Twite :: Twite (n.) The European tree sparrow.
Water Sparrow :: Water sparrow () The reed warbler.
Fringilla :: Fringilla (a.) A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling..
Pinnock :: Pinnock (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) The European tree sparrow.
Burion :: Burion (n.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch.
Chanter :: Chanter (n.) The hedge sparrow.
Musket :: Musket (n.) The male of the sparrow hawk.
Peabody Bird :: Peabody bird () An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imitative of its note. Called also White-throated sparrow.
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