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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In ornithology, a group of laminiplantar oscine Passeres, nearly the same as the Certhiomorphæ of Sundevall. Sclater, 1880.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.

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