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passeriformes
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun passeriformes has 1 sense
- passeriformes(n = noun.animal) order 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; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of aves, class aves
CIDE DICTIONARY
passeriformes, prop. n.
The largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi ; Tyranni ; Menurae ; Oscines or Passeres . [WordNet 1.5]
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