family Passeridae

family Passeridae
noun
true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
Syn: ↑Passeridae
Hypernyms: ↑bird family
Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
Member Meronyms: ↑sparrow, ↑true sparrow, ↑Passer, ↑genus Passer

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