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单词 hedge sparrow
释义

hedge sparrow in British English

noun
a small brownish European songbird, Prunella modularis: family Prunellidae (accentors)
Also called: dunnock

hedge sparrow in American English

a small European passerine bird (Prunella modularis, family Prunellidae), reddish-brown with white-tipped wings, often found in shrubbery

Examples of 'hedge sparrow' in a sentence
hedge sparrow

Another bird that has just started singing is the hedge sparrow or dunnock.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A robin and a hedge sparrow kept well clear of the blackbirds.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is the song of the dunnock, or hedge sparrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A dunnock, or hedge sparrow, comes and starts creeping about under dead plants.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It is a close relative of our common hedge sparrow, or dunnock, which used to be called the hedge accentor - but it is strikingly different.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is also called a hedge sparrow, but is not related to the house sparrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This bird used to be called the hedge sparrow, but it is not related to the true sparrows.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
It is a bolder bird than our reticent hedge sparrow, and has a louder song, which rings out among the alpine rocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If a blackbird comes into a garden, a hedge sparrow, or dunnock, may follow it in, hoping to find food there too.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The fertilised females go off on their own looking for hedge sparrow or reed warbler nests.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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