sharp-tailed sparrow

noun

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

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Nearby words

sharp-nosed, sharp-set, sharp-shinned hawk, sharp-sighted, sharp-tailed grouse, sharp-tailed sparrow, sharp-tongued, sharp-witted, sharpbender, sharpbill, sharpe

Origin of sharp-tailed sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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