Passeres \Pas"se*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. passer a sparrow.] (Zo["o]l.) An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.
Passeres n : two names for the suborder of typical songbirds [syn: {Oscines}, {suborder Oscines}, {suborder Passeres}]