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Definition of Hedge sparrow
1. Noun. Small brownish European songbird.
Definition of Hedge sparrow
1. Noun. Alternative name for the bird ''Prunella modularis'', the dunnock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedge Sparrow
Literary usage of Hedge sparrow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1831)
"This depression seems formed by nature for the design of giving a more secure
lodgment to the egg of the hedge-sparrow, or its young one, when the young ..."
2. A History of British Birds by William YARRELL, Howard Saunders, Alfred Newton (1874)
"Accentor modular Is. THE HEDGE-SPARROW, or Dunnock as it is called in many parts
of the country, is generally diffused over the British Islands, ..."
3. A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Henry Cotes (1816)
"Of these it has been observed that she shews a much greater partiality to that
of the Hedge-sparrow than to any of the rest. We owe the following account of ..."
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