white-throated sparrow
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white–throat·ed sparrow

noun \-ˌthrō-təd-\

Definition of WHITE-THROATED SPARROW

: a common brown sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) chiefly of eastern North America with a black-and-white striped crown and a white patch on the throat

First Known Use of WHITE-THROATED SPARROW

1811

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