| NOUN | animal | Passeriformes, order Passeriformes | largest order of birds comprising about half the known species |
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| Meaning | largest 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. | |
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| Synonym | order Passeriformes | |
| Member of | Aves, class Aves | (ornithology) the class of birds |
| Members | Clamatores, suborder Clamatores | Used in some classification systems |
| Eurylaimi, suborder Eurylaimi | broadbills | |
| Menurae, suborder Menurae | lyrebirds and scrubbirds | |
| Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres | Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds | |
| Troglodytidae, family Troglodytidae | wrens | |
| Tyranni, suborder Tyranni | New World flycatchers | |
| passerine, passeriform bird | perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
| Spanish | paseriformes, passeriformes | |
| Catalan | Passeriforme, Passeriformes, passeriformes | |
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