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Sparrow vs Passerine - What's the difference?

sparrow | passerine |

As a proper noun sparrow

is .

As a noun passerine is

any bird of the order passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

As an adjective passerine is

of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

sparrow

English

(wikipedia sparrow)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The house sparrow, Passer domesticus ; a small bird with a short bill, and brown, white and gray feathers.
  • A member of the family Passeridae, comprising small Old World songbirds.
  • A member of the family Emberizidae, comprising small New World songbirds.
  • Generically, any small, nondescript bird.
  • (UK, chiefly, London) A quick-witted, lively person. Often used in the phrase cockney sparrow .
  • * 2005 , Drama Faces: Martine McCutcheon , BBC
    • Professional cockney sparrow Martine has acted since childhood.
  • * 1878 , Ally Sloper's guide to the Paris exhibition , Charles Henry Ross, p. 54
    • I take it there 's scarcely a happier fellow alive than your honest town-bred smoke-dried cockney sparrow .

    Derived terms

    * sparrowhawk * house sparrow * (tree sparrow)

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * spadger, sparra, spuggy

    passerine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

    • Anagrams

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