Passerine

3 definitions found

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

  Passerine \Pas"ser*ine\, a. [L. passerinus, fr. passer a
     sparrow.] (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to the {Passeres}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes


           people the fruit trees.                  --Sydney
                                                    Smith.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Passerine \Pas"ser*ine\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the {Passeres}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]