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WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white-throated sparrow mean?
• WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (noun)
The noun WHITE-THROATED SPARROW has 1 sense:
1. common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
Familiarity information: WHITE-THROATED SPARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
white-throated sparrow; whitethroat; Zonotrichia albicollis
Hypernyms ("white-throated sparrow" is a kind of...):
New World sparrow (sparrow-like North American finches)
Holonyms ("white-throated sparrow" is a member of...):
genus Zonotrichia; Zonotrichia (large New World sparrows)
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