- Dunnock
- Dunnock Dun"nock, n. [Cf. {Dun},a.] (Zo["o]l.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [Local, Eng.] [1913 Webster]
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Dunnock — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) … Wikipedia
dunnock — ► NOUN ▪ a small songbird with a dark grey head and a reddish brown back. ORIGIN apparently from DUN(Cf. ↑dun) … English terms dictionary
Dunnock — Mildred Dorothy Dunnock (* 25. Januar 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; † 5. Juli 1991 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, USA) war eine US amerikanische Film und Theaterschauspielerin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Kurzbiografie … Deutsch Wikipedia
dunnock — /dun euhk/, n. Brit. See hedge sparrow. [1425 75; late ME dunoke, donek. See DUN2, OCK] * * * ▪ bird also called hedge sparrow or hedge accentor a drab, skulking European songbird, a species of accentor belonging to the family… … Universalium
dunnock — Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dunnock — paprastasis erškėtžvirblis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Prunella modularis angl. dunnock vok. Heckenbraunelle, f rus. лесная завирушка, f pranc. accenteur mouchet, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – erškėtžvirbliai… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
dunnock — noun a small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis, the hedge sparrow … Wiktionary
dunnock — n. small European woodland bird that resembles the sparrow in size and coloring … English contemporary dictionary
dunnock — [ dʌnək] noun a small songbird with a dark grey head and a reddish brown back. [Prunella modularis.] Origin ME: appar. from dun1 + ock … English new terms dictionary
dunnock — dun·nock … English syllables
