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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">sparrows</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Passeriformes</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>sparrow</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ General term referring to members of many species in the families Ploceidae, Passeridae, and Fringillidae, that resemble each other and are charaterized as small, chiefly seed-eating birds having conical bills, native to Europe and the New World. ]]></note></mads>