house sparrow
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noun
a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
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Origin of house sparrow
First recorded in 1665–75
Also called English sparrow.
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Historical Examples of house sparrow
The house-sparrow, like the house-crow, is a bird of the plains rather than of the hills.
Birds of the Indian HillsDouglas Dewar
The remainder of the plumage is very like that of the house-sparrow.
Birds of the Indian HillsDouglas Dewar
The house-sparrow and the bullfinch are the chief, but not the only, enemies.
The Book of Pears and PlumsEdward Bartrum
It is not at all the same kind of bird as the house-sparrow, for it is one of the warblers.
WoodsideCaroline Hadley
Innumerable instances in all Orders could be given; it will suffice to call to mind the common pheasant, duck, and house-sparrow.
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to SexCharles Darwin
house sparrow
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