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Meanings of hedge sparrow in English

Portuguese
pássaro
Catalan
pardal
Spanish
prunella modularis

Small brownish European songbird.

        pássaro
        Synonyms
        Examples for "sparrow"
        Examples for "sparrow"
        1
        He walked toward the water, carrying the glass sparrow and the book.
        Shadowland
        2
        The great hawk smiled proudly and the sparrow was allowed to escape.
        The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
        3
        Frog and sparrow were soon lost to sight, and as quickly forgotten.
        The adventures of button
        4
        He makes the little sparrow chirping in the air preach to us.
        The World's Great Sermons, Volume 08: Talmage to Knox Little
        5
        The sparrow was angry because the cat seized it and held it.
        A Complete Grammar of Esperanto
        1
        And Hareton Earnshaw has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction
        2
        In fact, this feature of dunnock life reminds me of a number of politicians.
        The Guardian
        3
        Dr Brandt said there were a number of factors that could have led to the dunnock's decline.
        Radio NZ
        4
        One of the birds Kiwis will be keeping an eye out for is the dunnock, or hedge sparrow, which has declined in numbers recently.
        Radio NZ
        5
        However, what works for one pair of dunnocks might not work for another.
        The Guardian
        1
        We evaluated whether the social status of males predicted their sperm speed in a wild population of dunnocks ( Prunella modularis).
        Pubmed
        Usage of hedge sparrow in English
        1
        As is the youthful cuckoo in the nest of the hedge sparrow, so was Louisa Taylor to the authors of her being.-Mrs.
        Deadham Hard: A Romance
        2
        One of the birds Kiwis will be keeping an eye out for is the dunnock, or hedge sparrow, which has declined in numbers recently.
        Radio NZ
        3
        I shall live like a hedge sparrow on a twig until the sparrowhawk kills me, and my death will be unnoticed and unmourned by any.
        The red queen
        4
        With rapid, bold strokes he continued to paint over the writhing canvas, until at last it was a uniform field of shining Hedge Sparrow tint.
        The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
        5
        Following are the Greenfinch 87 per cent, and the Dunnock, which used to be called the Hedge Sparrow with 83 per cent.
        The Irish Times
        Translations for hedge sparrow
        Portuguese
        pássaro
        Catalan
        pardal