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passerine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Passerine \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Passerine \Pas"ser*ine\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Passeres. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: passerine adj : relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds [ant: {nonpasserine}] 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 [syn: {passeriform bird}]
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