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VESPER SPARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vesper sparrow mean? 

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

1. common North American finch noted for its evening songplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VESPER SPARROW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Common North American finch noted for its evening song

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass finch; Pooecetes gramineus; vesper sparrow

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

New World sparrow (sparrow-like North American finches)

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

genus Pooecetes; Pooecetes (a genus of Fringillidae)


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