"dunnock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dunnocks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English donek, dunok, equivalent to dun (“brownish grey”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German doniklīn (“hedge-sparrow; dunnock”). Compare ruddock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|donek}} Middle English donek, {{m|enm|dunok}} dunok, {{suffix|en|dun|ock|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=brownish grey}} dun (“brownish grey”) + -ock (diminutive suffix), {{cog|goh|doniklīn||hedge-sparrow; dunnock}} Old High German doniklīn (“hedge-sparrow; dunnock”), {{m|en|ruddock}} ruddock Head templates: {{en-noun}} dunnock (plural dunnocks)
  1. A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler. Categories (lifeform): Accentors Translations (bird): cenicienta (Asturian), negrita (Asturian), сивогуша завирушка (sivoguša zaviruška) (Bulgarian), pardal de bardissa [masculine] (Catalan), xalambrí [Balearic, masculine] (Catalan), pěvuška modrá (Czech), heggenmus (Dutch), rautiainen (Finnish), accenteur mouchet [masculine] (French), azulenta [feminine] (Galician), Heckenbraunelle [feminine] (German), Braunelle [feminine] (German), szürkebegy (Hungarian), donnóg [feminine] (Irish), Heckestéisser [masculine] (Luxembourgish), buntee gorrym [masculine] (Manx), vèrdreu [masculine] (Norman), hæġsugga [masculine] (Old English), pokrzywnica [feminine] (Polish), płochacz pokrzywnica (Polish), brumăriță [feminine] (Romanian), завиру́шка (zavirúška) [feminine] (Russian), gealbhonn-gàraidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), järnsparv [common-gender] (Swedish), llwyd y berth [masculine] (Welsh), llwyd y gwrych [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "bird",
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      "word": "azulenta"
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      "sense": "bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Heckenbraunelle"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Braunelle"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bird",
      "word": "szürkebegy"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "donnóg"
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      "code": "lb",
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "bird",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bird",
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      "word": "pokrzywnica"
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "word": "brumăriță"
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      "sense": "bird",
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      "sense": "bird",
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