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passeres |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Passeres \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Passeres n : two names for the suborder of typical songbirds [syn: {Oscines}, {suborder Oscines}, {Passeres}, {suborder Passeres}]
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