sparverius

Etymology
Epithet name used by. Variant of previous (e)spervarius, (e)sperverius, (e)sprevarius, (e)sperverus, a Latinization of Old French (ancestor of French ), ultimately from Germanic ) + a second element that is either from Latin  or Germanic . Linnaeus's spelling with sparv- was possibly influenced by Swedish.

Adjective

 * 1)  sparrow-like