Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of American fringilline birds, embracing many of the commonest sparrows of the United States, of fully streaked coloration, with yellow on the bend of the wings, slender bill, short and narrow unmarked tail, and pointed wings with elongated inner secondaries.
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_passer_ and _passerculus_, all little birds of whatsoever family, and by _malum_ every fruit that took the shape and size of a ball.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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