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    SUBORDER PASSERES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Two names for the suborder of typical songbirdsplay

    Synonyms:

    Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("suborder Passeres" is a kind of...):

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "suborder Passeres"):

    family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

    family Sturnidae; Sturnidae (Old World starlings)

    Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)

    Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)

    family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)

    Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)

    Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)

    family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)

    family Paridae; Paridae (titmice and chickadees)

    family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

    family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)

    Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)

    family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)

    family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)

    family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

    Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)

    family Vireonidae; Vireonidae (small insectivorous American songbirds)

    Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

    oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

    family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)

    family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)

    Alaudidae; family Alaudidae (larks)

    family Motacillidae; Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

    family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)

    Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)

    family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)

    family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)

    Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)

    family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae (Old World (true) flycatchers)

    family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)

    family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

    family Timaliidae; Timaliidae (babblers)

    family Parulidae; Parulidae (New World warblers)

    family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)

    family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

    Holonyms ("suborder Passeres" is a member of...):

    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)

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