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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Passerine \Pas"ser*ine\, adjective [L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. --Sydney Smith.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Passerine \Pas"ser*ine\, noun (Zo["o]l.) One of the Passeres.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
passerine
adjective: relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds [ant: {nonpasserine}]
noun: 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 [syn: {passeriform bird}]
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