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Sparrow

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.

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Accentor 76% connected

One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.

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Passerine 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

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Dunnock 92% connected

The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.

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Bird noun · 82% connection

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

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Beak noun · 81% connection

The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of t…

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Duck noun · 81% connection

A pet; a darling.

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Eagle noun · 81% connection

Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size,…

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Falcon noun · 81% connection

One of a family (Falconidae) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight.

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Feather noun · 81% connection

One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.

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Flight noun · 81% connection

The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.

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Flock noun · 81% connection

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to…

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Nest noun · 81% connection

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

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Owl noun · 81% connection

Any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae. They have large eyes and ears, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around eac…

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Robin noun · 81% connection

A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.

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Swan noun · 81% connection

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a…

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Wing noun · 81% connection

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight,…

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Ant thrush unknown · 78% connection

One of several species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly…

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Augur noun · 78% connection

An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from ce…

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Belemnite noun · 78% connection

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinaril…

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Bill book unknown · 78% connection

A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, small, singing, birds.
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Birdseed noun · 78% connection

Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.

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Conical adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a c…

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Cop noun · 78% connection

The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

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Dentirostral adjective · 78% connection

Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrik…

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Exchange noun · 78% connection

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: many, species, small, singing, birds.
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Finch noun · 78% connection

A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.

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Frogmouth noun · 78% connection

One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very…

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Granivorous adjective · 78% connection

Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as, granivorous birds.

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Greenlet noun · 78% connection

l. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitar…

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Hedgehog noun · 78% connection

A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of…

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Kinglet noun · 78% connection

A little king; a weak or insignificant king.

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Lark verb · 78% connection

A frolic; a jolly time.

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Obconical adjective · 78% connection

Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical.

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Oriole noun · 78% connection

Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family Oriolidae. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and…

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