true sparrow

English Thesaurus

1. any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	passeriform bird, passerine,
definition	:	perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	english sparrow, house sparrow, passer domesticus,
definition	:	small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	passer montanus, tree sparrow,
definition	:	Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family passeridae, passeridae,
definition	:	true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds (noun.animal)