n. One who passes; a passenger. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. passer a sparrow. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Like or belonging to the
prop. n. The largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders:
prop. n. A genus of small North American bush-loving finches; the New World buntings.
a. [ L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the