oscine
nounAny of various passerine birds of the suborder Passeri (formerly Oscines); a songbird.
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.
nounAn oscine bird; a member of the Oscines.
nounA crystalline alkaloid, C8H13O2N, found in crude belladonine and also made from other alkaloids. It melts at 110° C. Also called pseudatropine, scopoline, and oxytropine.
adjectiveRelating to the Oscines.
adjectivePertaining to
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
adjectiveof or relating to the songbirds
