Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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passerine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
order Passeriformes | Yes | No | No | No |
passerine (noun) | order Passeriformes (noun) |
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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 | largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks, finches, sparrows, tits, warblers, robins, wrens, swallows, etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi, Tyranni, Menurae and Oscines or Passeres |
passerine (adjective) | order Passeriformes (adjective) |
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relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds |