Definisjon av passerine

Vi fant 4 definisjoner av passerineengelsk.

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Noun

passerine - 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
passeriform bird
bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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
oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
true sparrow, sparrow any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
lyrebird Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
scrub-bird, scrub bird, scrubbird small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
broadbill small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
tyrannid a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

Adjective

passerine - relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
nonpasserine relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds
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Substantiv

passerine - Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

Adjektiv

passerine - Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: passerine
  • Komparativ: more passerine
  • Superlativ: most passerine

Substantiv

  • Entall: passerine
  • Flertall: passerines

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