passeres Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
    suborder Passeres; Oscines; suborder Oscines.

WordNet

Pas"se*res noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. L. passer a sparrow.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.

Webster 1913