Word Meanings - PASSERIFORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like or belonging to the Passeres.

BELONG
attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. Note: 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place
BELONGING
1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak. 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance. 3. Family; relations; household.
PASSERES
An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds , together with many other small perching birds.
SUBELONGATE
Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.