song sparrow

noun

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

song sparrow

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of song sparrow¹

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Example Sentences

The last of the maroon crabappleovates are song sparrows that trembleall at once.

From Washington Post

Over near Neighbour Brown's fence they were peeping through the green leaves at the song-sparrow's nest.

From Project Gutenberg

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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Had I mistaken some other bird for the mountain song-sparrow?

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As he spoke, a song-sparrow near by poured out a flood of melody.

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Suddenly a robin began to sing, then a song sparrow joined him, and then several orioles began talking at once.

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