oscine
os·cine
oscine · oscines
Any bird of the suborder Passeri, which have better vocal control than other birdsAny bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds.
UK/ˈɒ.saɪn/US/ˈɑ.saɪn/
Meaning
1 sensesAny bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds.
More definitions
- passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
Origin
From Latin oscen (“songbird”).From Latin oscen (“songbird”).
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Forms
plural: oscinesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus:oscine bird
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedsuboscine
Derivednine-primaried oscine
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.