Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A popular name of the Spizella socialis or domestica, a small fringilline bird of North America, very common and familiar in most parts of the United States.

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Examples

  • The tree sparrow, though larger, closely resembles him, and is often called the winter chip-bird.

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