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Definition of: Passeriformes
(pas′ər·i·fôr′mēz) noun plural
An order of birds, including all singing birds, and more than half of the living birds of various sizes ranging from crows and jays to sparrows and titmice. [<NL <L passer, -eris a sparrow + forma form]
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