song sparrow

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noun

a small emberizine songbird, Melospiza melodia, common in North America.

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Origin of song sparrow

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Words nearby song sparrow

Song of Solomon, Song of Songs, Song of the Three Children, songololo, songsmith, song sparrow, songster, songstress, song thrush, songwriter, soni-

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How to use song sparrow in a sentence

The last of the maroon crabappleovates are song sparrows that trembleall at once.
Recalling a pandemic year with poetry and machine learning art|Seth Blanchard, Shikha Subramaniam, Leo Dominguez|April 22, 2021|Washington Post
Over near Neighbour Brown's fence they were peeping through the green leaves at the song-sparrow's nest.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
A song sparrow was singing out by the road, and the thin, sweet flutings of a Peabody came from the pasture.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton
Had I mistaken some other bird for the mountain song-sparrow?
Birds of the Rockies|Leander Sylvester Keyser

As he spoke, a song-sparrow near by poured out a flood of melody.
The Opened Shutters|Clara Louise Burnham
Suddenly a robin began to sing, then a song sparrow joined him, and then several orioles began talking at once.
A Girl Of The Limberlost|Gene Stratton Porter

British Dictionary definitions for song sparrow

song sparrow

noun

a common North American finch, Melospiza melodia, having brown-and-white plumage and a melodious song

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