Sparrow
n.
One of many species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligæ , having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches , and buntings . The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ( Passer domesticus ) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow , under House .
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