- spar·row
- /ˈsperoʊ/ noun, pl -rows [count]: a common type of small bird that usually has brown or gray feathers
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spar|row — «SPAR oh», noun. 1. any one of various small, usually brownish birds common in North and South America, such as the chipping sparrow, song sparrow, field sparrow, sage sparrow, swamp sparrow, and vesper sparrow. 2. any one of various related… … Useful english dictionary
spar´row|like´ — spar|row «SPAR oh», noun. 1. any one of various small, usually brownish birds common in North and South America, such as the chipping sparrow, song sparrow, field sparrow, sage sparrow, swamp sparrow, and vesper sparrow. 2. any one of various… … Useful english dictionary
spar|row|grass — «SPAR oh GRAS», noun. Dialect. asparagus. ╂[alteration by folk etymology of obsolete sparagus < Medieval Latin, short for asparagus < Latin] … Useful english dictionary
spar — calc·spar; feld·spar; fel·spar; fluor·spar; re·spar; spar·a·ble; spar·a·gus; spar; spar·er; spar·ga·ni·a·ce·ae; spar·ga·ni·a·sis; spar·ga·nid; spar·ga·ni·um; spar·ga·no·sis; spar·ga·num; spar·hawk; spar·i·dae; spar·ing·ly; spar·ing·ness;… … English syllables
row — bar·row·ist; bar·row; bor·row·er; bur·row·er; check·row·er; fence·row; fur·row·er; har·row·er; hurl·bar·row; mar·row·ish; mar·row·less; mar·row·sky; mor·row·an; mor·row·ing; nar·row·er; nar·row·ing·ness; nar·row·ly; nar·row·ness; ROW; row·able;… … English syllables
row — I n line, file, queue, column, rank, tier; series, range, chain, string, succession, sequence, concatenation, catena; suite, train, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, procession, parade, Fr. defile. II v oar, pull, paddle, canoe, kayak. III n 1.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Murderers' Row (boxing) — Murderers Row were a group of African American highly rated boxing contenders in the 1940s and 1950s, who competed around the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight divisions. Renowned for their toughness and great boxing ability, at the time they… … Wikipedia
Brent Spar — ▪ 1996 During 1995 an abandoned North Sea oil storage platform known as Brent Spar was at the centre of an international dispute over the safe disposal of waste material. In the spring, members of the environmental group Greenpeace occupied … Universalium
sparrow — spar·row … English syllables
sparrow — spar|row [ˈspærəu US rou] n [: Old English; Origin: spearwa] a small brown bird, very common in many parts of the world … Dictionary of contemporary English
