Definition of Passerine

Pas´ser`ine
a.1.(Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees.
- Sydney Smith.
n.1.(Zool.) One of the Passeres.


Related Words

nonpasserine, passeriform bird


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