passerine (n)
passeriform bird (n)

n01524359

type n
lex_filenum 05
def perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch
def most are songbirds
def hatchlings are helpless
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Hypernym bird
Member holonym Passeriformes, order Passeriformes
Derivationally related form passerine → passerine
Hyponym oscine, oscine bird; sparrow, true sparrow; lyrebird; scrubbird, scrub-bird, scrub bird; broadbill; tyrannid; wren, jenny wren
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Derivationally related form passerine → passerine
Pertainym (pertains to noun) passerine → passerine; nonpasserine → passerine
Hyponym bird
Member meronym Passeriformes, order Passeriformes
Hypernym oscine, oscine bird; sparrow, true sparrow; lyrebird; scrubbird, scrub-bird, scrub bird; broadbill; tyrannid; wren, jenny wren

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