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sharp-tailed sparrow

American  

noun

  1. a sparrow, Ammospiza caudacuta, inhabiting salt marshes in North America, having narrow, sharply pointed tail feathers.

Etymology

Origin of sharp-tailed sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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