passerine
suomi-englanti sanakirjapasserine englannista suomeksi
varpuslintu-
varpuslintu
varpunen / varpus-, varpuslintu / varpuslintu-, varpuslintujen
Substantiivi
passerine englanniksi
(senseid) Of or relating to the (taxfmt) order of birds, which are generally (l).
(antonyms)
(senseid) ''Chiefly in the former names of some birds'': approximately the size of a sparrow.
Any bird of the order (taxfmt), which comprises more than half of all bird species.
(synonyms)
(RQ:Whewell Philosophy) We might venture to anglicize the terminations of the names which Cuvier gives to the divisions of these Orders: thus the Predators are the ''Diurnals'' and the ''Nocturnals''; the Passerines are the ''Dentirostres'', the ''Fissirostres'', the ''Conirostres'', the ''Tenuirostres'', and the ''Syndactyls'': the word ''lustre'' showing that the former termination is allowable.
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