Passerine

Pas´ser`ine

a.	1.	(Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres. The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. - Sydney Smith.
n.	1.	(Zool.) One of the Passeres.

Noun	1.	passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless Synonyms: passeriform bird
Adj.	1.	passerine - relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds Antonyms: nonpasserine - relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds