Hypertext Webster Gateway: "passerine"
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) 1.7 (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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