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sparrow

spar.row \'spar-(.)o-, -*(-w)\ n [ME sparow, fr. OE spearwa; akin to OHG 
   sparo sparrow, Gk ]psar starling 1: any of several small dull singing birds 
   (genus Passer of the famil y Ploceidae) related to the finches 2: any of 
   various finches (as of the genera Spezilla or Melospiza)X) resembling the 
   true sparrows