| passerine | (n) 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, Syn. passeriform bird |
| passerine | (adj) relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds, Ant. nonpasserine |
| Passerine | n. (Zool.) One of the |
| Passerine | a. [ L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ] |