oscine

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to songbirds (suborder Passeri).
2. noun Any bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds.

Similar words

oscine bird songbirds oscinine suboscine polymyodian passeridan passerine picine passeriform petroicid

Often followed by

birds passerines species songbirds song bird and

Word family

oscines