Passeres

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Passeres \Pas"se*res\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. L. passer a
     sparrow.] (Zool.)
     An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of
     all the known species. It embraces all singing birds
     (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Passeres
       n : two names for the suborder of typical songbirds [syn: {Oscines},
            {suborder Oscines}, {suborder Passeres}]