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- passer-by (n.)



[passer-by 词源字典] - also passerby, 1560s, from agent noun of pass (v.) + by; earlier, this sense was in passager (see passenger).[passer-by etymology, passer-by origin, 英语词源]
- passerine (adj.)




- 1776, from Latin passerinus "of a sparrow," from passer "sparrow," possibly of imitative origin. The noun is 1842, from the adjective.
- passeriform




- "Resembling a sparrow in form or structure; specifically of or relating to the order Passeriformes of perching birds", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From classical Latin passer sparrow + -iform, after scientific Latin Passeriformes, order name.