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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024os•cine (os′in, -īn),USA pronunciation adj. - Birdsof, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.
n. - Birdsan oscine bird.
- Neo-Latin Oscines name of the suborder, equivalent. to Latin oscin- (stem of oscen) songbird, origin, originally bird that gives omens by its cry (o(b)s-, variant of ob- ob- + -cin-, stem of -cen, noun, nominal derivative of canere to sing) + -es nominative plural noun, nominal suffix
- 1880–85, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oscine /ˈɒsaɪn; ˈɒsɪn/ adj - of, relating to, or belonging to the Oscines, a suborder of passerine birds that includes most of the songbirds
Etymology: 17th Century: via New Latin from Latin oscen singing bird |