passeriform bird

Found in thesaurus: bird

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passeriform bird

Noun
1. 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
(synonym) passerine
(hypernym) bird
(hyponym) oscine, oscine bird
(member-holonym) Passeriformes, order Passeriformes