passeres

Questions about passeres

What does passeres mean?

passeres means "two names for the suborder of typical songbirds".

How many syllables are in passeres?

passeres has 2 syllables and divides as pas-seres under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for passeres?

Close synonyms include Oscines, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is passeres a common word?

passeres is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.