song sparrown.

Brit.

/ˈsɒŋ ˌsparəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈsɔŋ ˌspɛroʊ/,

/ˈsɑŋ ˌspɛroʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: song n.¹, sparrow n.

Etymology: < song n.¹ + sparrow n. Compare earlier songbird n. and song thrush n.

A common and widely distributed North American bird with streaky brown and grey plumage, Melospiza melodia (family Emberizidae (subfamily Emberizinae)), noted for its frequently performed song containing a buzzing trill.

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song sparrow1810

swamp sparrow1811

rossignol1866

silver-tongue1884

1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 126 The Song Sparrow builds in the ground, under a tuft of grass.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 7 The song-sparrow is the chief performer in this early concert.

1898 Atlantic Monthly 82 496/1 A song-sparrow singing from a dense swampy thicket.

1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer i. v. 113 From a fence-post came the moist whistling of a songsparrow.

1983 Explore July 26/1 Wrens and song sparrows serenaded from the bush behind us.

2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True vii. 186 The North American song sparrow, for example, has been classified into thirty-one geographic ‘races’ (sometimes called ‘subspecies’) based on small differences in plumage and song.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	song sparrow
释义	song sparrown. Brit. /ˈsɒŋ ˌsparəʊ/, U.S. /ˈsɔŋ ˌspɛroʊ/, /ˈsɑŋ ˌspɛroʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: song n.¹, sparrow n. Etymology: < song n.¹ + sparrow n. Compare earlier songbird n. and song thrush n. A common and widely distributed North American bird with streaky brown and grey plumage, Melospiza melodia (family Emberizidae (subfamily Emberizinae)), noted for its frequently performed song containing a buzzing trill. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > family Ploceidae > [noun] > subfamily Ploceinae (weaver) > other or unspecified types of > song-sparrow song sparrow1810 swamp sparrow1811 rossignol1866 silver-tongue1884 1810 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 126 The Song Sparrow builds in the ground, under a tuft of grass. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 7 The song-sparrow is the chief performer in this early concert. 1898 Atlantic Monthly 82 496/1 A song-sparrow singing from a dense swampy thicket. 1925 J. Dos Passos Manhattan Transfer i. v. 113 From a fence-post came the moist whistling of a songsparrow. 1983 Explore July 26/1 Wrens and song sparrows serenaded from the bush behind us. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True vii. 186 The North American song sparrow, for example, has been classified into thirty-one geographic ‘races’ (sometimes called ‘subspecies’) based on small differences in plumage and song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810
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