passerine

Definition of Passerine in English :

Noun

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

passeriform bird

Adjective

2. passerine

relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Passerine

see synonyms of passerine

adjective

1.

of, relating to, or belonging to the Passeriformes, an order of birds characterized by the perching habit: includes the larks, finches, crows, thrushes, starlings, etc

noun

2.

any bird belonging to the order Passeriformes

Passerine

see synonyms of passerine

adjective

1.

of or pertaining to an order (Passeriformes) of small or medium-sized, chiefly perching songbirds having grasping feet with the first toe directed backward: more than half of all birds are included

noun

2.

any such bird

Passerine

see synonyms of passerine

adj.

Of or relating to birds of the order Passeriformes, which have feet specialized for grasping branches and similar structures, with the first toe facing backward. The order includes the songbirds and certain other groups, such as the flycatchers of the Americas.

n.

A bird of the order Passeriformes. Also called perching bird.

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