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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. passerines: Merriam-Webster
  2. passerines: Collins English Dictionary
  3. passerines: Wordnik
  4. passerines: Wiktionary
  5. passerines: Dictionary.com
  6. Passerines: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Passerines: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Passerines: Encyclopedia

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  1. passerines: Medical dictionary

(Note: See passerine as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (passerine)

adjective:  Of or relating to the Passeriformes order of perching birds, which are generally anisodactyl (“having three toes pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching”).
adjective:  (archaic) Chiefly in the former names of some birds: approximately the size of a sparrow.
noun:  Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.
▸ Also see passerine


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