passeriformes
English Thesaurus
1. largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | animal order, |
definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | passeriform bird, passerine, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | suborder tyranni, tyranni, |
definition | : | New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | clamatores, suborder clamatores, |
definition | : | used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | aves, class aves, |
definition | : | (ornithology) the class of birds (noun.animal) |
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