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NONPASSERINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonpasserine mean?
• NONPASSERINE (adjective)
The adjective NONPASSERINE has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
Familiarity information: NONPASSERINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
passerine (relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds)
Pertainym:
passerine (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)
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