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Passerines is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Passerines in a sentence

Related words

Passerines | Passerine

Passerines meaning

plural of passerine

Using Passerines

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of passerine
  • In the example corpus, passerines often appears in combinations such as: of passerines, passerines are.

Context around Passerines

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

compared 1×

Sentence patterns with Passerines

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

chicks of passerines are altricial 1× feature of passerines compared to 1× most passerines are smaller 1× species of passerines have stiff 1× to many passerines 1× with the passerines until a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a notable feature 1× and in may 1× certain species of 1× eggs and nests 1× most passerines are 1×

Common sentence endings:

from their eggs 1× other avian orders 1× own family menuridae 1× to many passerines 1× upon vertical surfaces 1× which facilitates perching 1×

Words around Passerines

Just before it in the word index:

passerine 12 passeriformes 3 passerida 2 passeri 5 passerbys 2 passerby 115

Just after it in the word index:

passero 3 passeroidea 2 passers 137 passersby 113 passes 3.398 passeth 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Passerines

  • In this selection, "passerines" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, compared stand out and add context to how "passerines" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include chicks of passerines are altricial and feature of passerines compared to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "passerines" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with passerines

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Most passerines are smaller than typical members of other avian orders. (11 words)

Eggs and nests The chicks of passerines are altricial : blind, featherless, and helpless when hatched from their eggs. (18 words)

Certain species of passerines have stiff tail feathers, which help the birds balance themselves when perching upon vertical surfaces. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

And in May 2022, authorities found the lifeless body of a 47-year-old man who, despite warnings, had gone fishing from a lake known to be home to many passerines. (31 words)

A notable feature of passerines compared to other orders of Aves is the arrangement of their toes, three pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching. (26 words)

They were not placed with the passerines until a paper was published in 1840, 12 years after they were first placed in their own family, Menuridae. (26 words)

Example sentences (6)

And in May 2022, authorities found the lifeless body of a 47-year-old man who, despite warnings, had gone fishing from a lake known to be home to many passerines.

A notable feature of passerines compared to other orders of Aves is the arrangement of their toes, three pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching.

Certain species of passerines have stiff tail feathers, which help the birds balance themselves when perching upon vertical surfaces.

Eggs and nests The chicks of passerines are altricial : blind, featherless, and helpless when hatched from their eggs.

Most passerines are smaller than typical members of other avian orders.

They were not placed with the passerines until a paper was published in 1840, 12 years after they were first placed in their own family, Menuridae.

Common combinations with passerines

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "passerines" in a sentence?
An example: "And in May 2022, authorities found the lifeless body of a 47-year-old man who, despite warnings, had gone fishing from a lake known to be home to many passerines." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "passerines" from authentic English texts.
What does "passerines" mean?
Passerines means: plural of passerine
How many example sentences with "passerines" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "passerines", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.