Pas″ser‐ine (?), a. [L. passerinus, fr. passer a sparrow.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. Sydney Smith.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.