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sharp-tailed sparrow
Word Origin
noun
a sparrow,
Ammospiza caudacuta,
inhabiting salt marshes in North America, having narrow, sharply pointed tail feathers.
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Origin of
sharp-tailed sparrow
An Americanism dating back to
1825–35
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