pas|ser|ine

pas|ser|ine
pas|ser|ine «PAS uhr ihn, -uh ryn», adjective, noun.
–adj.
belonging to or having to do with the very large order of perching birds, including more than half of all birds, such as the warblers, sparrows, chickadees, wrens, thrushes, and swallows: »

Among passerine birds the raven has the widest range (Alfred R. Wallace).

–n.
a perching bird.
[< Latin passerīnus < passer, -eris sparrow]

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