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Meaning of OSCINE

Pronunciation:  'âsin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
  2. [adj]  of or relating to the songbirds
 
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 Synonyms: oscine bird
 
 See Also: accentor, American oriole, Australian magpie, babbler, bird of paradise, blue mockingbird, bluebird, bowerbird, cackler, catbird, corvine bird, creeper, dipper, Dumetella carolinensis, fairy bluebird, finch, flycatcher, gray catbird, honey eater, honeycreeper, honeysucker, lark, Melanotis caerulescens, Mimus polyglotktos, mocker, mocking thrush, mockingbird, New World oriole, New Zealand wren, nutcracker, nuthatch, Old World flycatcher, Old World oriole, oriole, Oscines, Passeres, passeriform bird, passerine, pipit, shrike, songbird, songster, starling, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres, swallow, swallow shrike, tanager, thrasher, thrush, tit, titlark, titmouse, tree creeper, true flycatcher, vireo, wagtail, warbler, water ouzel, waxwing, weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird, wood swallow

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Os"cine\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Relating to the Oscines.
 

 

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