English Explanatory Dictionary

Lincoln's sparrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Melospiza lincolnii, a small sparrow native to North America.

Word forms

Lincoln's sparrow Lincoln's sparrows

Etymology

Named by John James Audubon after his friend Thomas Lincoln, who shot the bird on an expedition with Audubon to Nova Scotia in 1834.

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