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passeriform — /pas euhr euh fawrm , peuh ser euh /, adj. of or pertaining to the order Passeriformes; passerine. [ < NL Passeriformes, equiv. to L passer sparrow + iformes IFORMES] * * * ▪ bird Introduction also called passerine or perching bird any… … Universalium
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
passeriform — adjective Of or pertaining to a sparrow; sparrow like; bird like. See Also: passerine … Wiktionary
passeriform — /ˈpæsərəfɔm/ (say pasuhruhfawm) adjective belonging or relating to the avian order Passeriformes; passerine. {Latin passer sparrow (considered as a typical perching bird) + i 1 + form} …
scrub bird — noun small fast running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub • Syn: ↑scrubbird, ↑scrub bird • Hypernyms: ↑passerine, ↑passeriform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Atrichornis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
oscine bird — noun passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus • Syn: ↑oscine • Derivationally related forms: ↑oscine (for: ↑oscine) • Hypernyms: ↑passerine, ↑passeriform bi … Useful english dictionary
scrub-bird — noun small fast running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub • Syn: ↑scrubbird, ↑scrub bird • Hypernyms: ↑passerine, ↑passeriform bird • Member Holonyms: ↑Atrichornis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Passerine — Taxobox name = Passerines fossil range = Early Eocene (Wangerripian) to Recent image width = 250px image caption = House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… … Wikipedia
List of birds of Panama — This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama includes a total of 972 species, of which 12 are endemic, 6 have been introduced by humans, and 120 are rare or accidental. 20 species are globally threatened. The… … Wikipedia
