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FIELD SPARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does field sparrow mean?
• FIELD SPARROW (noun)
The noun FIELD SPARROW has 1 sense:
1. common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
Familiarity information: FIELD SPARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
field sparrow; Spizella pusilla
Hypernyms ("field sparrow" is a kind of...):
New World sparrow (sparrow-like North American finches)
Holonyms ("field sparrow" is a member of...):
genus Spizella; Spizella (chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow)
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