Definitions from Wiktionary (passerine)
▸ adjective: Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching”).
▸ adjective: (archaic) Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately the size of a sparrow.
▸ noun: Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.
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▸ adjective: Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching”).
▸ adjective: (archaic) Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately the size of a sparrow.
▸ noun: Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.
Similar:
passeriform bird,
passeridan,
passeriform,
nonpasserine,
psittaciform,
petroicid,
anseriform,
oscine,
insessorial,
ornithoid,
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