Definition of sparrow
- n. - One of many species of small singing birds of the family
Fringilligae, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many
sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or
house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its
familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its
fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
- n. - Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling
the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See
under Hedge.