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Meaning of oscine

os•cine

Pronunciation: (os'in, -īn), [key]
— adj.
  1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.
—n.
  1. an oscine bird.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
oscilloscope oscitant