- passerine
- passerine (adj.) 1776, from L. passerinus "of a sparrow," from passer "sparrow," possibly of imitative origin. The noun is 1842, from the adj.
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passerine — [ pasrin ] n. f. • passerin adj. « qui ressemble au moineau » 1611; lat. passer, eris « moineau » → passereau 1 ♦ Plante (daphnoïdés) appelée communément langue de moineau, herbe à l hirondelle, proche de la daphné. 2 ♦ (1775) Passereau d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Passerine — Pas ser*ine, a. [L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres. [1913 Webster] The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Passerine — Pas ser*ine, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Passeres. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
passerine — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ denoting birds of a large group (the order Passeriformes) distinguished by having feet adapted for perching and including all songbirds. ORIGIN from Latin passer sparrow … English terms dictionary
passerine — [pas′ər in, pas′ərīn΄] adj. [L passerinus < passer, a sparrow] of or pertaining to an order (Passeriformes) of small or medium sized, chiefly perching songbirds having grasping feet with the first toe directed backward: more than half of all… … English World dictionary
Passerine — Taxobox name = Passerines fossil range = Early Eocene (Wangerripian) to Recent image width = 250px image caption = House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… … Wikipedia
Passerine — Passerine … Wikipédia en Français
passerine — (pa se ri n ) s. f. 1° Genre de plantes qui se rapprochent de la lauréole. La passerine dioïque, qui se trouve dans les Pyrénées. • La passerine thymélée, DC, dite vulgairement herbe de Mont Serrat, et qui était le daphné thymélée de Linné,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
passerine — adjective Etymology: Latin passerinus of sparrows, from passer sparrow Date: 1776 of or relating to the largest order (Passeriformes) of birds which includes over half of all living birds and consists chiefly of altricial songbirds of perching… … New Collegiate Dictionary
passerine — /pas euhr in, euh ruyn , euh reen /, adj. 1. of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching. 2. oscine (def. 1). n. 3. any bird of the order… … Universalium
