sparrow
spe roh
- n any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
- n small brownish European songbird
- An Indian scientist devotes his life to saving the sparrow, and warns that its disappearance is an ominous sign.
- As the eagles of the airline business wheel over the rich North Atlantic market, a tiny sparrow in their midst is flitting off with a beakful of their business.
- Into battle, thus exhorted, went the Chinese millions to wage war on the lowly sparrow.