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Definition of house sparrow in English: house sparrownoun A common brown and grey sparrow that nests in the eaves and roofs of houses, common from Europe to southern Asia and introduced elsewhere. 家麻雀 Passer domesticus, family Passeridae (or Ploceidae) Example sentencesExamples - The house sparrow was introduced to multiple locations in North America from Europe in the 1850s.
- The oldest recorded Old World sparrow was a house sparrow that lived to be 13 years and 4 months in the wild.
- The usual birds of winter were out there - chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, doves, starlings, mockingbirds, house sparrows, white-throats, mallards, and black ducks - but nothing remarkable.
- At this site, house sparrows often nest close to available food sources.
- That's counting the birds like starlings, rock doves and house sparrows, introduced species most birders don't even count!
Definition of house sparrow in US English: house sparrownounˈhous ˈˌsperōˈhaʊs ˈˌspɛroʊ A brown and gray sparrow that nests in the eaves and roofs of houses, common from Europe to southern Asia and introduced elsewhere. 家麻雀 Passer domesticus, family Passeridae (or Ploceidae) Also called English sparrow Example sentencesExamples - That's counting the birds like starlings, rock doves and house sparrows, introduced species most birders don't even count!
- At this site, house sparrows often nest close to available food sources.
- The oldest recorded Old World sparrow was a house sparrow that lived to be 13 years and 4 months in the wild.
- The usual birds of winter were out there - chickadees, cardinals, blue jays, doves, starlings, mockingbirds, house sparrows, white-throats, mallards, and black ducks - but nothing remarkable.
- The house sparrow was introduced to multiple locations in North America from Europe in the 1850s.
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