HyperDic: order_passeriformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Passeriformes:
NOUNanimalorder Passeriformes, Passeriformeslargest order of birds comprising about half the known species
English > order Passeriformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglargest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows / sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres.
SynonymPasseriformes
Member ofAves, class Aves(ornithology) the class of birds
MembersClamatores, suborder ClamatoresUsed in some classification systems
Eurylaimi, suborder Eurylaimibroadbills
Menurae, suborder Menuraelyrebirds and scrubbirds
Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder PasseresTwo names for the suborder of typical songbirds
Troglodytidae, family Troglodytidaewrens
Tyranni, suborder TyranniNew World flycatchers
passerine, passeriform birdperching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishpaseriformes, passeriformes
CatalanPasseriforme, Passeriformes, passeriformes

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