Leconte's sparrow

noun

Le·​conte's sparrow

ləˈkänt(s)-

: a small streaked buffy and brown sparrow (Passerherbulus caudacutus) of the grasslands of the west-central U.S. and Canada

Word History

Etymology

after John L. Le Conte †1883 American entomologist

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