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Webster 1913 Edition

Passerine

Pas′ser-ine

,

Adj.

[L.

passerinus

, fr.

passer

a sparrow.]

(Zool.)

Of or pertaining to the

Passeres

.

The columbine, gallinaceous, and

passerine

tribes people the fruit trees.

Sydney Smith.

Pas′ser-ine

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

One of the

Passeres

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Passerine

P`ASSERINE

,

Adj.

[L. passer, a sparrow.] Pertaining to sparrows, or to the order of birds to which sparrows belong, the Passeres.