Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Passerine

Passerine , adjective

[Latin passerinus, from passer a sparrow.]

(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Passeres.
The columbine, gallinaceous, and passerine tribes people the fruit trees. — Sydney Smith

Passerine , noun

(Zoology) One of the Passeres.