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Definition of house sparrow
: a sparrow (Passer domesticus) native to Eurasia that has been introduced worldwide and is found especially in urban and agricultural areas
— called also English sparrow
Examples of house sparrow in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web For most of the early morning the train platform remained empty and quiet, except for the chirping of house sparrows.
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, "Here’s What the First Night of the Subway Shutdown Looked Like," 7 May 2020 The common house sparrow was at the top of the list for losses, as were many other sparrows.
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Christina Larson, The Denver Post, "Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970," 20 Sep. 2019 The common house sparrow was at the top of the list for losses, as were many other sparrows.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970," 19 Sep. 2019 The common house sparrow was at the top of the list for losses, as were many other sparrows.
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courant.com, "Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970," 19 Sep. 2019 Who isn’t inspired to gluttony by seeing an English house sparrow surrounded by a gold mine’s worth of greasy fries?
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New York Times, "Respect the Hustle of Soda Can Raccoon and Murder Cat," 22 Nov. 2019 The common house sparrow was at the top of the list for losses, as were many other sparrows.
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Christina Larson, The Denver Post, "Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970," 20 Sep. 2019 The common house sparrow was at the top of the list for losses, as were many other sparrows.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970," 19 Sep. 2019 The common house sparrow was at the top of the list for losses, as were many other sparrows.
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courant.com, "Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970," 19 Sep. 2019
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