noun
finch with black-and-white striped crown
• Syn: ↑Zonotrichia leucophrys
• Hypernyms: ↑New World sparrow
• Member Holonyms: ↑Zonotrichia, ↑genus Zonotrichia
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noun : a sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) of northern and western No. America that is related to the white-throated sparrow and has the head striped with white and black
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/hwuyt"krownd', wuyt"-/
a North American sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, having black and white stripes on the head.
[1830-40, Amer.]
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white-crowned sparrow,
a North American sparrow with a gray breast and black-and-white striped crown.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.