order passeriformes

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order passeriformes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  order Passeriformes
      n 1: 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 [syn:
           Passeriformes, order Passeriformes]