| 单词 | passeriform bird |
| 释义 | passeriform bird (once / 11819311 pages) n WORD FAMILY passeriform bird: passeriform birds n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper passerine oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus sparrow, true sparrowany of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects lyrebirdAustralian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbirdsmall fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub broadbillsmall birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills tyrannida passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni jenny wren, wrenany of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects songbird, songsterany bird having a musical call honey eater, honeysuckerAustralasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar accentorsmall sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia larkany of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing wagtailOld World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks lark, pipit, titlarka songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage finchany of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds honeycreepersmall bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar English sparrow, Passer domesticus, house sparrowsmall hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe Passer montanus, tree sparrowEurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow weaver, weaver finch, weaverbirdfinch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcherlarge American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing manakinany of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior ovenbirdsmall brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests ant bird, antbirdany of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms tree creeper, wood-creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewerany of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers pittaany bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills Old World flycatcher, flycatcher, true flycatcherany of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing thrushsongbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast warblera small active songbird babbler, cacklerany of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae bird of paradiseany of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area American oriole, New World oriole, orioleAmerican songbird; male is black and orange or yellow Old World oriole, oriolemostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black starlinggregarious birds native to the Old World corvine birdbirds of the crow family Australian magpieblack-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wrensmall wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere Troglodytes aedon, house wrencommon American wren that nests around houses marsh wrena wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes Salpinctes obsoletus, rock wrenwren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianuslarge United States wren with a musical call cactus wrenlarge harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico Mimus polyglotktos, mocker, mockingbirdlong-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds Melanotis caerulescens, blue mockingbirdmockingbird of Mexico Dumetella carolinensis, catbird, gray catbird, grey catbirdNorth American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing mocking thrush, thrasherthrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs New Zealand wrenbirds of New Zealand that resemble wrens creeper, tree creeperany of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet nutcracker, nuthatchany of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects tit, titmousesmall insectivorous birds bluebird, fairy bluebirdfruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies swallowsmall long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations swallow shrike, wood swallowAustralasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow tanagerany of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males shrikeany of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals bowerbird, catbirdany of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females dipper, water ouzelsmall stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom vireoany of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color waxwingbrown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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