passerine
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(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 |
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Synonyms: passeriform bird |
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Related Words: bird, broadbill, jenny wren, lyrebird, oscine, oscine bird, scrub bird, scrubbird, sparrow, true sparrow, tyrannid, wren |
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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds |
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Antonyms: nonpasserine |
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