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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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