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GENUS PASSER

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Passeridae

Synonyms:

genus Passer; Passer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Passer" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Passer"):

English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus (small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe)

Passer montanus; tree sparrow (Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow)

Holonyms ("genus Passer" is a member of...):

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

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