passerine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *passerine*:
ADJECTIVE	pert	passerine	relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
NOUN	animal	passerine, passeriform bird	perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch

English > *passerine*: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
Meaning	relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds.
Opposite	nonpasserine	relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
Nouns	passerine	perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch

English > *passerine*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	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.
Synonym	passeriform bird
Member of	Passeriformes, order Passeriformes	largest order of birds comprising about half the known species
Narrower	broadbill	small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
	lyrebird	Australian bird that resembles a pheasant
	oscine, oscine bird	passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
	scrubbird, scrub-bird, scrub bird	small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
	sparrow, true sparrow	Any of several small dull / dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
	tyrannid	A passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
	wren, jenny wren	Any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails
Broader	bird	warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanish	paseriforme
Catalan	passeriforme
Adjectives	nonpasserine	relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
Adjectives	passerine	relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds

HyperDic: passerine