order Passeriformes

Definitions of order Passeriformes
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: Passeriformes
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    type of:
    animal order
    the order of animals
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