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PASSERES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Passeres mean? 

PASSERES (noun)
  The noun PASSERES has 1 sense:

1. two names for the suborder of typical songbirdsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PASSERES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Passeres"):

family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

family Sturnidae; Sturnidae (Old World starlings)

Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)

family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)

Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)

family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)

family Paridae; Paridae (titmice and chickadees)

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)

Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)

family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)

family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)

family Vireonidae; Vireonidae (small insectivorous American songbirds)

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)

family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)

Alaudidae; family Alaudidae (larks)

family Motacillidae; Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)

Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)

family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)

family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)

Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)

family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae (Old World (true) flycatchers)

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

family Timaliidae; Timaliidae (babblers)

family Parulidae; Parulidae (New World warblers)

family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

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

order Passeriformes; Passeriformes (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)


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