dunnock

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.

noun

  1. A small European and Asian passerine bird, Prunella modularis; the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.

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