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PASSERES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
Synonyms:
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Passeres" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Passeres"):
family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)
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 Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)
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)
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 Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
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)
