HOUSE SPARROW

I. (noun)

Meaning:

Small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

Synonyms:

English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("house sparrow" is a kind of...):

sparrow; true sparrow (any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects)

Holonyms ("house sparrow" is a member of...):

genus Passer; Passer (type genus of the Passeridae)