Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for fox sparrow. Search instead for Fox+sparrow.

fox sparrow

American  

noun

  1. a North American sparrow, Passerella iliaca, having a bright rufous tail and streaked breast.

Etymology

Origin of fox sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.