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Definition of Oscine
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the songbirds.
2. Noun. Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus.
Generic synonyms: Passeriform Bird, Passerine
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Specialized synonyms: Songbird, Songster, Honey Eater, Honeysucker, Accentor, Lark, Wagtail, Lark, Pipit, Titlark, Finch, Honeycreeper, Weaver, Weaver Finch, Weaverbird, Flycatcher, Old World Flycatcher, True Flycatcher, Thrush, Warbler, Babbler, Cackler, Bird Of Paradise, American Oriole, New World Oriole, Oriole, Old World Oriole, Oriole, Starling, Corvine Bird, Australian Magpie, Mimus Polyglotktos, Mocker, Mockingbird, Blue Mockingbird, Melanotis Caerulescens, Catbird, Dumetella Carolinensis, Gray Catbird, Grey Catbird, Mocking Thrush, Thrasher, New Zealand Wren, Creeper, Tree Creeper, Nutcracker, Nuthatch, Tit, Titmouse, Bluebird, Fairy Bluebird, Swallow, Swallow Shrike, Wood Swallow, Tanager, Shrike, Bowerbird, Catbird, Dipper, Water Ouzel, Vireo, Waxwing
Definition of Oscine
1. a. Relating to the Oscines.
Definition of Oscine
1. Adjective. Pertaining to songbirds ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oscine
1. any of a family of songbirds [n -S] : OSCININE [adj]
Medical Definition of Oscine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oscine
Literary usage of Oscine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by American supplement, Encyclopaedia britannica (1884)
"CROSS-BILL, a genus of oscine passerine birds, of _ v vr the family ... CROW, an
oscine passerine bird of the family v vr ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1893)
"The composition of oscine is ... prepared by heating oscine at 80-100° with an
equal weight of water and a large excess of benzole anhydride, ..."
3. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern United States: Including the by David Starr Jordan (1878)
"oscine tarsus—By ellipsis, tarsus as in oscine birds; i. «., its envelope undivided
behind and forming a sharp ridge. Oviparous—Producing eggs which are ..."
4. Yearbook of Pharmacy edited by J. O. Braithwaite (1893)
"... be called oscine; the composition of oscine is C8 H]3 N 02, not C8 Hj5 X 0.
... C15 H17 N O4, prepared by heating oscine at 80-100° with an equal weight ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"A family of oscine passerine birds, typified by tho genus ... 406-416) distributed
the normal oscine passerine birds, the others being the typical or ..."
6. Birds of the Colorado Valley ...: Scientific and Popular Information by Elliott Coues (1878)
"This is the strongest character of the family in comparison with its oscine
allies, and one perfectly distinctive, though some genera of Hirundines, ..."
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