Thesaurus: passerine

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
2. n. One of the Passeres.
3. adj. relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
4. 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
5. Of or pertaining to the Passeres. The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith. One of the Passeres.
6. Of or pertaining to the Passeres.The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruittrees. Sydney Smith.
7. 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 a. relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds