Passeresn.

Brit.

/ˈpasəriːz/, U.S.

/ˈpæsəriz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Passeres.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Passeres, use as order name (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 162) of plural of post-classical Latin Passer genus name of sparrows (used by Gesner and other 16th- and 17th-cent. writers) < classical Latin passer sparrow, of unknown origin. Compare French passereaux, plural (1803).

Ornithology.

With plural agreement. A large order of birds (now usually called Passeriformes), comprising the perching birds and (formerly) some others; the perching birds collectively, the passerines. Cf. Insessores n.The name Passeres is sometimes used for the suborder (also known as Passeri or Oscines) that comprises the songbirds or oscine passerines (see quot. 1988).

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Passeres1769

1769 G. White Let. 30 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 116 This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to ten several genera of the Linnæan system; and are all of the ordo of passeres save the jynx and cuculus.

1847 J. H. Mather & L. P. Brockett Geogr. Hist. State N.Y. 39 Six orders of birds are found in the state... 2d, Passeres... These include most of those birds with which we are familiar.

1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 113 The Passeres, distinguished by their cere-less and pointed beak.

1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 1 The deep plantar tendons of the Passeres are of the simplest kind.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. ii. 23 Swallows are perching birds (Passeres); swifts come near goatsuckers.

1988 S. Cramp et al. Handbk. Birds Europe, Middle East & N. Afr. V. 41/1 Oscines or true song-birds, comprising remaining families..in a single suborder—Passeres (or Oscines).

1991 C. Willock Kingdoms of East viii. 173 It is found that the others (and especially the passeres, or perching birds, which form the vast majority) are often as strictly limited by straits and arms of the sea as are quadrupeds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	passeres
释义	Passeresn. Brit. /ˈpasəriːz/, U.S. /ˈpæsəriz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Passeres. Etymology: < scientific Latin Passeres, use as order name (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 162) of plural of post-classical Latin Passer genus name of sparrows (used by Gesner and other 16th- and 17th-cent. writers) < classical Latin passer sparrow, of unknown origin. Compare French passereaux, plural (1803). Ornithology. With plural agreement. A large order of birds (now usually called Passeriformes), comprising the perching birds and (formerly) some others; the perching birds collectively, the passerines. Cf. Insessores n.The name Passeres is sometimes used for the suborder (also known as Passeri or Oscines) that comprises the songbirds or oscine passerines (see quot. 1988). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] Passeres1769 1769 G. White Let. 30 June in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 116 This assemblage of curious and amusing birds belongs to ten several genera of the Linnæan system; and are all of the ordo of passeres save the jynx and cuculus. 1847 J. H. Mather & L. P. Brockett Geogr. Hist. State N.Y. 39 Six orders of birds are found in the state... 2d, Passeres... These include most of those birds with which we are familiar. 1862 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) II. 113 The Passeres, distinguished by their cere-less and pointed beak. 1894 R. B. Sharpe Hand-bk. Birds Great Brit. I. 1 The deep plantar tendons of the Passeres are of the simplest kind. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. ii. 23 Swallows are perching birds (Passeres); swifts come near goatsuckers. 1988 S. Cramp et al. Handbk. Birds Europe, Middle East & N. Afr. V. 41/1 Oscines or true song-birds, comprising remaining families..in a single suborder—Passeres (or Oscines). 1991 C. Willock Kingdoms of East viii. 173 It is found that the others (and especially the passeres, or perching birds, which form the vast majority) are often as strictly limited by straits and arms of the sea as are quadrupeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1769
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