dunnock

[ duhn-uh k ]

/ ˈdʌn ək /

hedge sparrow.

Origin of dunnock

First recorded in 1425–75, dunnock is from the late Middle English word dunoke, donek. See dun², -ock

dunnakin, dunnart, dunne, dunnite, dunno, dunnock, dunnville, dunny, dunois, dunoon, duns scotus

Limed twigs may also be put in a bare place with earth or meal-worms, just as for the dunnock.

The Natural History of Cage Birds |J. M. Bechstein
And it may aid Mr. Dunnock and others in accumulating a fortune.

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital |John Beauchamp Jones
The dunnock usually begins towards sunset, first mounting to the loftiest twig it can discover that will bear its weight.

Lancashire |Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon

dunnock

/ (ˈdʌnək) /

another name for hedge sparrow

C15: from dun ² + -ock