Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Passeriformes \Passeriformes\ 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: Eurylaimi; Tyranni;
Menurae; Oscines or Passeres.
Syn: order Passeriformes.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]