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:
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