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sparrow(medicine)
sparrow(encyclopedia)
sparrow(dictionary)
sparrow hawk(encyclopedia)
sparrow (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
house sparrow(encyclopedia)
sparrow-grass(dictionary)
sparrow-bill(dictionary)
water sparrow(medicine)

sparrow (iou)



sparrow noun.

a. Any of various small Old World finchlike birds of the genus Passer and related genera (family Ploceidae); esp. the house sparrow. OE.
rock sparrow, tree sparrow, etc.
b. With specifying word: any of several other small sparrow-like birds of the Old World which are unrelated to the true sparrows. M17.
hedge sparrow, java sparrow, reed-sparrow, etc.
c. Any of various small New World birds of the family Emberizidae, resembling sparrows or buntings. L18.
fox sparrow, savannah sparrow, song sparrow, etc.
A chirpy quick-witted person. Freq. in cockney sparrow. M19.
Comb.: sparrow-brain colloq. (a person of) limited intelligence or perception; sparrow-fart, sparrow's-fart dial. & slang daybreak, very early morning; sparrow owl = PYGMY owl; sparrow's-fart: see sparrow-fart above; sparrow-tail a long narrow coat-tail.
sparrow-like adjective resembling (that of) a sparrow E17.
sparrowy adjective (a) characteristic of or resembling a sparrow; (b) having many sparrows: L19.