Passerine — synonyms, passerine antonyms, definition

1. passerine (Adjective)

nonpasserine

passerine (Adjective) — Relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds.

2. passerine (Noun)

passeriform bird

passerine (Noun) — 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.

bird broadbill jenny wren lyrebird oscine oscine bird scrub bird scrub-bird scrubbird sparrow true sparrow tyrannid wren Passeriformes order Passeriformes