sparrow
/ˈspæɹoʊ/ noun B2- The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
- A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
- A member of the family Passerellidae (or Emberizidae, under classification systems that subsume the New World sparrows under Emberizidae), comprising small New World songbirds.
- Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
Plural sparrows
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## The Sparrow and the Hare
A Sparrow upbraided her and said, “Where now is thy remarkable swiftness of foot?
Why were your feet so slow?” While the Sparrow was thus speaking, a hawk suddenly seized him and killed him.
A PEASANT had in his garden an Apple-Tree which bore no fruit but only served as a harbor for the sparrows and grasshoppers.
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