order Passeriformes
n 1: largest order of birds comprising about half the known
species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins;
wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and
Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres [syn:
{Passeriformes}, {order Passeriformes}]