crown sparrow
North American (now rare )
noun
Any of various American sparrows of the genus Zonotrichia (family Emberizidae), which have a distinctively coloured crown.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Elliott Coues (1842–1889), naturalist and historian.
- rotamer
- rotameter
- rotan
- rotang
- Rotarian
- Rotarianism
- rotary
- rotary camera
- rotary clothes drier
- rotary clothes line
- Rotary club
- rotary converter
- rotary cowshed
- rotary-cut
- rotary cutter
- rotary cutting
- rotary drill
- rotary engine
- rotary-engined
- rotary hoe
- Rotary International
- rotary kiln
- rotary power
- rotary press
- rotary pump