passeriform bird

Questions about passeriform bird

What does passeriform bird mean?

passeriform bird means "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".

What is another word for passeriform bird?

Close synonyms include passerine. 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 passeriform bird a common word?

passeriform bird is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.