About The Word Passerine
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Passerine
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What's The Definition Of Passerine?
[n] perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
[adj] relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds Synonyms | Synonyms for Passerine: passeriform bird Related Terms | Find terms related to Passerine: See Also | bird | broadbill | jenny wren | lyrebird | order Passeriformes | oscine | oscine bird | Passeriformes | scrub bird | scrubbird | sparrow | true sparrow | tyrannid | wren Passerine In Webster's Dictionary \Pas"ser*ine\, a. [L. passerinus, fr. passer a
sparrow.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes
people the fruit trees. --Sydney
Smith.
\Pas"ser*ine\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Passeres. |
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