Passerine Definition

păsə-rīn
adjective
Of or pertaining to an order (Passeriformes) of small or medium-sized, chiefly perching songbirds having grasping feet with the first toe directed backward: more than half of all birds are included.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
Any such bird.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • passeriform bird

Other Word Forms of Passerine

Noun

Singular:
passerine
Plural:
passerines

Origin of Passerine

  • Latin passerīnus of sparrows from passer sparrow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin passerinus (“of sparrows"), from passer + -inus

    From Wiktionary

Passerine Sentence Examples

  • The nuthatches are placed in the Passerine family Sittidae, intermediate between the Paridae and the Certhiidae.

  • The number of passerine birds is immense.

  • Baptornis, another of Marsh's genera, seems to be allied to Enaliornis, Palaeotringa and Talmatornis, were by him referred to Limicoline and Passerine birds.

  • The furcula is complete and strong, the feet very passerine in appearance.

  • This turned out to be the only migrant passerine I saw for the whole week!

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

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