"cock-sparrow" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-cock-sparrow.ogg [US] Forms: cock-sparrows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cock-sparrow (plural cock-sparrows)
  1. A male sparrow. Categories (lifeform): Male animals Translations (a male sparrow): врабец (vrabec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), moineau mâle [masculine] (French), vrăbioi [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-cock-sparrow-en-noun-a180puGU Disambiguation of Male animals: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'a male sparrow': 100 0
  2. A quarrelsome, cocky person Categories (lifeform): True sparrows
    Sense id: en-cock-sparrow-en-noun-l3bktLKU Disambiguation of True sparrows: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 98

Inflected forms

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