nonpasserine bird

Definitions of nonpasserine bird
  1. noun
    chiefly arboreal birds especially of the order Coraciiformes
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    type of:
    bird
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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