[spar.row] n [ME sparow, fr. OE spearwa; akin to OHG sparo sparrow] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a genus (Passer of the family Ploceidae) of small chiefly brownish or grayish Old World oscine songbirds that include some which have been widely introduced; esp: house sparrow
2: any of various finches (as the song sparrow or tree sparrow) resembling the true sparrows -- spar.row.like adj