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clay-colored sparrow

noun

  1. a sparrow, Spizella pallida, of the interior of North America, having buff, brown, and white plumage with a pale-gray breast.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clay-colored sparrow1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

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Example Sentences

One of my new acquaintances was a little bird which is known as the clay-colored sparrow.

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