Passer
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- noun
- /ˈpæsər/
- Specialized
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passer
- In the following drills, the passer is not allowed to pass the ball until the shooter raises his or her hand and calls "ball."
- Passer domesticus
- sparrow (Passer
Examples
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Passer rating per receiver
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Passer Comparison:
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Our only hopes are Robinho and Montolivo, who aren't even the best passers.
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The couple of times they did manage to get pressure, they ended up whiffing on McGloin, who then threw it 40+ yards to set up a touchdown, and they got called for roughing the passer.
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I can also imagine future classical philologists trying to figure out the double entendre in Catullus's treatment of the male genitalia: what kind of bird was that mythical passer?
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The numbers of rock pigeons are not strongly correlated with those of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).
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Another trick sometimes recommended with new routers is choosing an intimidating-sounding network name (SSID) such as c: virus.exe to scare off nosy neighbors or passers-by.
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The English sparrow (Passer domesticus) and European starling (Sturnus vulgaris), for example, were introduced into New York and then quickly spread throughout North America (Shigesada and Kawasaki 1997).
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In the garden, we spotted a Passer perched on a branch, chirping happily.
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The Passer is known for its short, stout beak and social behavior around feeders.
Synonyms
A group of small birds that includes common sparrows like the house sparrow
Compounds
- Formal
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An official document that lets a person travel or enter restricted areas
A player in American football who throws the ball forward to move it down the field
- Specialized
A group of small birds that includes common sparrows like the house sparrow
Surface Forms
Etymology
Passer comes from Latin passer, which meant 'sparrow'. As the scientific name for the true sparrows, Passer literally names these birds, so the word directly shows that they are 'sparrows'.