DictionaryRoot: spearwa
Old English

spearwa

sparrow

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A recognizable male house sparrow perched on the back of a simple garden chair, showing its small size, brown streaked plumage, short conical bill, gray crown and black bib.
noun

sparrow

SPAR-oh/ˈspærəʊ/

A small, usually brownish seed-eating songbird.

Etymology

Old English spearwa already named the sparrow. The English name has also been extended, with qualifying words, to other small birds resembling it, such as the junco.

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