different between sparrow vs budgerigar
sparrow
English
Etymology
From Middle English sparwe, sparowe, from Old English spearwa, from Proto-West Germanic *sparw?, from Proto-Germanic *sparwô, from Proto-Indo-European *sp?r (“sparrow”).
Cognate with Dutch spreeuw (“starling”), Alemannic German Spar (“sparrow”), German Sperling (“sparrow”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spurv (“sparrow”), Norwegian Nynorsk sporv (“sparrow”), Swedish sparv (“sparrow”), Breton frao (“crow”), Tocharian A sp?r?ñ, Ancient Greek ??? (psár, “starling”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?spæ???/
- (US) IPA(key): /?spæ?o?/, /?sp??o?/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Rhymes: -ær??
Noun
sparrow (plural sparrows)
- The house sparrow, Passer domesticus; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
- A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
- A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
- Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
- (Britain, chiefly London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow.
- 2005, Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon, BBC
- Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
- 1878, Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition, Charles Henry Ross, page 54:
- I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow.
- 2005, Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon, BBC
Synonyms
- spadger, sparra, spoggy, spuggy
Derived terms
Translations
sparrow From the web:
- what sparrows eat
- what sparrow means
- what sparrows like to eat
- what sparrows look like
- what sparrow labs are open
- what sparrows are native to north america
- what sparrow will eat
budgerigar
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Gamilaraay gijirrigaa.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?d????i????/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?d????i????/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?b?d????i????/
Noun
budgerigar (plural budgerigars)
- A species of small parakeet native to Australia and often kept as pets, Melopsittacus undulatus.
Synonyms
- budgie (diminutive)
Translations
budgerigar From the web:
- what budgerigar eat
- what's budgerigar in french
- what budgerigar mean
- budgerigar what to feed
- what does budgerigar mean in aboriginal
- what can budgerigars eat
- what do budgerigars eat in the wild
- what do budgerigar sound like
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- sparrow vs budgerigar
- pet vs budgerigar
- australia vs budgerigar
- owls vs hummingbirds
- hummingbirds vs dove
- hummingbirds vs parrot
- sunbird vs hummingbirds
- hummingbirds vs mockingbirds
- hummingbirds vs eagles
- hen vs hummingbirds
- hummingbirds vs sparrow
- hummingbirds vs eagle
- toucans vs eagles
- toucans vs toucanet
- toucans vs teachers
- toucans vs tucans
- wildfowl vs preys
- wildfowl vs decoyman
- hunt vs wildfowl
- swan vs wildfowl