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Definition of Dunnock
1. Noun. Small brownish European songbird.
Definition of Dunnock
1. n. The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.
Definition of Dunnock
1. Noun. a small European and Asian passerine bird, ''Prunella modularis'', the hedge sparrow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dunnock
1. the hedge sparrow [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dunnock
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunnock
Literary usage of Dunnock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1853)
"dunnock. SHUFFLE-WING. HEDGE-SPARROW. HEDGE-WARBLER. WINTER FAUVETTE. ...
while still neat and graceful, the dunnock exhibits a pattern which many of a ..."
2. The Architecture of Birds by James Rennie (1831)
"This difference is more readily remarked in the chaffinch, dunnock, and yellow-hammer,
than in the more melodious species.).. The chaffinches, for example, ..."
3. The Domestic Habits of Birds by James Rennie (1833)
"This difference is more readily remarked in the chaffinch, dunnock, amd yellow-hammer,
than in the more melodious ..."
4. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"THE Hedge dunnock is resident and common with us throughout the year, and, though
of plain and unobtrusive plumage, its habits are far from being ..."
5. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1835)
"As to the name Hedge Sparrow being better known than Hedge dunnock (although the
bird goes by the latter name in many parts of England), that is possible ..."
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