PASSERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Passeridae mean? 

• PASSERIDAE (noun)
  The noun PASSERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds

  Familiarity information: PASSERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASSERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

True sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Passeridae; Passeridae

Hypernyms ("Passeridae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Passeridae"):

sparrow; true sparrow (any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects)

genus Passer; Passer (type genus of the Passeridae)

Holonyms ("Passeridae" is a member of...):

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)