leconte's sparrow

leconte's sparrow
\\ləˈkänt(s)-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized L
Etymology: after John L. Le Conte died 1883 American entomologist
: a small streaked buffy and brown sparrow (Passerherbulus caudacutus) of the grasslands of the west-central United States and Canada

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