Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: passeriform bird

Antonyms: nonpasserine

See Also: bird, broadbill, jenny wren, lyrebird, order Passeriformes, oscine, oscine bird, Passeriformes, scrub bird, scrubbird, sparrow, true sparrow, tyrannid, wren

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