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HOUSE SPARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does house sparrow mean? 

HOUSE SPARROW (noun)
  The noun HOUSE SPARROW has 1 sense:

1. small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europeplay

  Familiarity information: HOUSE SPARROW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOUSE SPARROW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus

Hypernyms ("house sparrow" is a kind of...):

sparrow; true sparrow (any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects)

Holonyms ("house sparrow" is a member of...):

genus Passer; Passer (type genus of the Passeridae)


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