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Webster 1913 Edition

Dunnock

Dun′nock

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Noun.
[Cf.
Dun
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Adj.
]
(Zool.)
The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.
[Local, Eng.]

Definition 2025

dunnock

dunnock

English

Dunnock in Devon, England.

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Noun

dunnock ‎(plural dunnocks)

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

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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.

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