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FAMILY PASSERIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

True sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds

Synonyms:

family Passeridae; Passeridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Passeridae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "family Passeridae"):

sparrow; true sparrow (any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects)

genus Passer; Passer (type genus of the Passeridae)

Holonyms ("family Passeridae" is a member of...):

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)

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