passerine
pronunciation
How to pronounce passerine in British English:
UK ['pæsəraɪn]
How to pronounce passerine in American English:
US ['pæsəˌraɪn]
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- Noun:
- 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
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
Word Origin
- passerine (adj.)
- 1776, from Latin passerinus "of a sparrow," from passer "sparrow," possibly of imitative origin. The noun is 1842, from the adjective.
Example
- 1. Digestive tract morphological observation of four passerine birds .
- 2. Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus .
- 3. Passerine birds ; basal metabolic rate ( bmr ) ; organ mass .
- 4. Correlation between basal metabolic rate and organ masses among four passerine birds in wenzhou , zhejiang province .
- 5. Morphology of digestive tract among four passerine birds in wenzhou , zhejiang province .