white-crowned sparrow

[ hwahyt-kround, wahyt- ]

noun
  1. a North American sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, having black and white stripes on the head.

Origin of white-crowned sparrow

1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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