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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 Europe
Familiarity information: HOUSE SPARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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