στρουθίον, στρουθίου, τό (diminutive of στρουθός), a little bird, especially of the sparrow sort, a sparrow: Matthew 10:29, 31; Luke 12:6f (Aristotle, h. a. 5, 2, p. 539{b}, 33; 9, 7, p. 613{a}, 33; the Sept. for צִפּור.) (Cf. Tristram in B. D., under the word ; Survey of Western Palestine, 'Fauna and Flora,' p. 67f.)