GENUS PASSER
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Passer mean? • GENUS PASSER (noun)
The noun GENUS PASSER has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Passeridae
Familiarity information: GENUS PASSER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS PASSER (noun)
Meaning:
Type genus of the Passeridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Passer; Passer
Hypernyms ("genus Passer" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Passer"):
English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus (small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe)
Passer montanus; tree sparrow (Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow)
Holonyms ("genus Passer" is a member of...):
family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)
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