Clamatores

Clam`a`to´res

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Clamatores - used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds suborder Clamatores animal order - the order of animals order Passeriformes, Passeriformes - largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres