Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dated)A chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina).

Origin

From hair + bird. It uses animal hair to line its nest.

From hair + bird. It uses animal hair to line its nest.

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Forms

plural: hairbirds
Singularhairbird
Pluralhairbirds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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