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Passeres

Passeres Meaning & Definition
Passeres Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Passeres?

[n] two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Passeres: Oscines | suborder Oscines | suborder Passeres

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See Also | Acanthisittidae | Alaudidae | animal order | Artamidae | Bombycillidae | Certhiidae | Cinclidae | Coerebidae | Corvidae | Cracticidae | Dacninae | Drepanididae | family Acanthisittidae | family Alaudidae | family Artamidae | family Bombycillidae | family Certhiidae | family Cinclidae | family Coerebidae | family Corvidae | family Cracticidae | family Dacninae | family Drepanididae | family Fringillidae | family Hirundinidae | family Icteridae | family Irenidae | family Laniidae | family Meliphagidae | family Mimidae | family Motacillidae | family Muscicapidae | family Oriolidae | family Paradisaeidae | family Paridae | family Parulidae | family Passeridae | family Ploceidae | family Prunellidae | family Ptilonorhynchidae | family Sittidae | family Sturnidae | family Sylviidae | family Thraupidae | family Timaliidae | family Turdidae | family Vireonidae | family Xenicidae | Fringillidae | Hirundinidae | Icteridae | Irenidae | Laniidae | Meliphagidae | Mimidae | Motacillidae | Muscicapidae | order Passeriformes | Oriolidae | oscine | oscine bird | Paradisaeidae | Paridae | Parulidae | Passeridae | Passeriformes | Ploceidae | Prunellidae | Ptilonorhynchidae | Sittidae | Sturnidae | Sylviidae | Thraupidae | Timaliidae | Turdidae | Vireonidae | Xenicidae

Passeres In Webster's Dictionary

\Pas"se*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. passer a sparrow.] (Zo["o]l.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.

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