Oscine

Word OSCINE
Character 6
Hyphenation os cine
Pronunciations /ˈɑsaɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Oscine"

What do we mean by oscine?

Any of various passerine birds of the suborder Passeri (formerly Oscines); a songbird. noun

Of or pertaining to the Oscines: applied to those Passeres which are acromyodian and to their type of structure: as, an oscine bird; an oscine syrinx. Also oscinine, oscinian.

An oscine bird; a member of the Oscines. noun

A crystalline alkaloid, C8H13O2N, found in crude belladonine and also made from other alkaloids. It melts at 110° C. Also called pseudatropine, scopoline, and oxytropine. noun

Relating to the Oscines. adjective

Pertaining to songbirds adjective

Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus noun

Of or relating to the songbirds adjective

Any bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds.

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The word "oscine" in example sentences

Plenty of parrots and hummingbirds do, and likewise many of what are called oscine songbirds, including the warblers, sparrows, blackbirds, thrushes and so on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For that matter, however, there is no one of our birds -- be he, in technical language, "oscine" or "non-oscine" -- whose voice is not, in its own way, agreeable. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)

Bush warblers are particularly newsworthy right now (to my mind at any rate) given that the just-published oscine supertree of Jønsson & Fjeldså (2006) found Cettia to be diphyletic, with C. cetti grouping with the tesias* and Urosphena (the stubtails) while the Japanese bush warbler C. diphone grouped with the Broad-billed flycatcher-warbler Tickellia hodgsoni and Orthotomus (the tailorbirds). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

It was something after the order of the purple martin's melodious sputter, only the tones were richer and fuller and the music better defined, as became a genuine oscine. ❋ Unknown (1896)

When considering the perching birds oscine and suboscine the team found that despite having northern ancestral origins, 55% of New World oscine species now breed in South America, many of them in tropical habitats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus, our study has revealed more than 200 annotated and unique genes that have not been previously detected in the context of the oscine song system. ❋ Peter V. Lovell Et Al. (2008)

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