Definition of Hedge sparrow

1. Noun. Small brownish European songbird.

Exact synonyms: Dunnock, Prunella Modularis, Sparrow
Generic synonyms: Accentor

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

hederic acid
hederiform
hederiform ending
heders
hedge
hedge bindweed
hedge fund
hedge funds
hedge garlic
hedge in
hedge maple
hedge mustard
hedge nettle
hedge one's bets
hedge pink
hedge sparrow
hedge sparrows
hedge thorn
hedge tree
hedge trees
hedge trimmer
hedge trimmers
hedge violet
hedgeapple
hedgeapples
hedgeberries
hedgeberry
hedgeborn
hedgebote
hedgebotes

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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