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Passerine

Passerine Meaning & Definition
Passerine Definition And Meaning

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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