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white-throated sparrow

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white-throat⋅ed spar⋅row

[hwahyt-throh-tid, wahyt-]
–noun
a common North American finch, Zonotrichia albicollis, having a white patch on the throat and a black and white striped crown.
Also called whitethroat.


Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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white-throat·ed sparrow   (hwīt'thrō'tĭd, wīt'-)   
n.  A large North American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a white patch on the throat, black and white stripes on the crown, and a distinctive song. Also called whitethroat.
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