TRUE SPARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does true sparrow mean? 

• TRUE SPARROW (noun)
  The noun TRUE SPARROW has 1 sense:

1. any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUE SPARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sparrow; true sparrow

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

passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "true sparrow"):

English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus (small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe)

Passer montanus; tree sparrow (Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow)

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

family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)