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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/House_Sparrow_%28Passer_domesticus%29_%282%29.jpg/220px-House_Sparrow_%28Passer_domesticus%29_%282%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Likely from Middle English *spar, from Old Norse sparr, spǫrr (“sparrow”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow”). Doublet of sparrow.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sparr (plural sparrs)
References
[edit]House sparrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Passer domesticus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Passer domesticus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]sparr
- Alternative form of sparre
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