Passeriformes

2 definitions found

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

  Passeriformes \Passeriformes\ prop. n.
     The largest order of birds comprising about half the known
     species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins;
     wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni;
     Menurae; Oscines or Passeres.
  


     Syn: order Passeriformes.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Passeriformes
       n : largest order of birds comprising about half the known
           species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers;
           robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are
           Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
           [syn: {order Passeriformes}]