genus passer

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Passeridae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	english sparrow, house sparrow, passer domesticus,
definition	:	small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	passer montanus, tree sparrow,
definition	:	Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family passeridae, passeridae,
definition	:	true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds (noun.animal)