PASSERINE as NOUN

1. 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(s)
   • passeriform bird (what does passeriform bird mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) passerine is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bird (what does bird mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • oscine (what does oscine mean?)
   • oscine bird (what does oscine bird mean?)
   • sparrow (what does sparrow mean?)
   • true sparrow (what does true sparrow mean?)
   • lyrebird (what does lyrebird mean?)
   • scrubbird (what does scrubbird mean?)
   • scrub-bird (what does scrub-bird mean?)
   • scrub bird (what does scrub bird mean?)
   • broadbill (what does broadbill mean?)
   • tyrannid (what does tyrannid mean?)
   • wren (what does wren mean?)
   • jenny wren (what does jenny wren mean?)

PASSERINE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
   Antonym(s)
   • nonpasserine (what does nonpasserine mean?)
   Pertainym(s)
   • passerine (what does passerine mean?)
   • passeriform bird (what does passeriform bird mean?)