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What is "passerine" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does passerine mean in English? Meaning of passerine definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "passerine" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "passerine": 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

Noun

  • Meaning: 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
  • Synonyms: passeriform bird passerine
  • Hyponyms: broadbill jenny wren lyrebird oscine oscine bird scrub bird scrub-bird scrubbird sparrow true sparrow tyrannid wren
  • Hypernyms: bird

    • Meaning of "passerine": relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds

    Adjective

  • Meaning: relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
  • Synonyms: passerine
  • Antonyms: nonpasserine
  • Adjective: Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

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