"perching bird" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: perching birds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} perching bird (plural perching birds)
  1. Synonym of passerine. Categories (lifeform): Perching birds Synonyms: passerine [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-perching_bird-en-noun-Nx~SFfAo Disambiguation of Perching birds: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 86 14
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see perching, bird.
    Sense id: en-perching_bird-en-noun-ZAV~1pf-

Inflected forms

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