From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Birdssparrowspar‧row /ˈspærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]HBBa small brownbird, very common in many parts of the worldExamples from the Corpussparrow• He seemed more alert than a cat after a sparrow.• A curioussparrow follows them, mixing its ries with theirs.• Cagedfemales are attacked by mated female sparrows.• Other small birds like the house sparrow can follow a similarformat but have squarer crowns to the head.• As she set down her cup, startling the sparrows, she thought she might even pack his belongings.• The myrtle was her tree; the dove her bird-sometimes, too, the sparrow and the swan.• The sparrows once more take possession of the street.• And ivy is where sparrows like to nest most of all.OriginsparrowOld Englishspearwa
