sharp-tailed sparrow

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Definition of sharp-tailed sparrow words

noun sharp-tailed sparrow a sparrow, Ammospiza caudacuta, inhabiting salt marshes in North America, having narrow, sharply pointed tail feathers. 1

before 1825

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An Americanism dating back to 1825-35

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