seaside sparrow

[ see-sahyd spar-oh ]

/ ˈsiˌsaɪd ˌspær oʊ /

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noun

a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow ) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow, or dusky sparrow ) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.

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How to use seaside sparrow in a sentence

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“No eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on the sparrow / He is singing anyway.”
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In the tiny seaside town of Yacahts, Oregon, Buck Henderson is ready to die.
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But she is a girl, and she does not mind her jack-sparrow being a trifle headstrong, if only he has a kind heart.
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Over near Neighbour Brown's fence they were peeping through the green leaves at the song-sparrow's nest.
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And at his seaside lodgings he examined more narrowly the portion whence the pattern had been taken.
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A song sparrow was singing out by the road, and the thin, sweet flutings of a Peabody came from the pasture.
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