- nonpasserine
- adjective Date: circa 1909 not passerine; especially of, relating to, or being any of various arboreal birds (as pigeons, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, and kingfishers) that are not passerines
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
nonpasserine
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nonpasserine — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
nonpasserine — adj., n. * * * … Universalium
nonpasserine — adjective Not passerine … Wiktionary
nonpasserine — non·passerine … English syllables
nonpasserine — adjective relating to or characteristic of birds that are not perching birds • Ant: ↑passerine • Pertains to noun: ↑passerine * * * “+ adjective : not passerine used especially of birds of the order Coraciiformes * * * adj., n … Useful english dictionary
nonpasserine bird — noun chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes • Hypernyms: ↑bird … Useful english dictionary
barbet — noun Etymology: probably from 1barb Date: 1824 any of various often brightly colored nonpasserine tropical birds (families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae) having a stout bill bearing bristles at the base … New Collegiate Dictionary
honeyguide — noun Date: 1777 any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small plainly colored nonpasserine birds that inhabit Africa, the Himalayas, and the East Indies and that include some which lead people or animals to the nests of bees … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoopoe — noun Etymology: alteration of obsolete hoop, from Middle French huppe, from Latin upupa, of imitative origin Date: 1668 a crested Old World nonpasserine bird (Upupa epops of the family Upupidae) having a slender decurved bill and barred black and … New Collegiate Dictionary
hornbill — noun Date: 1773 any of a family (Bucerotidae) of large nonpasserine birds of Africa and Eurasia having enormous bills … New Collegiate Dictionary
