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oscine (passerine)

Definition:

a passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus

Class:

animal noun

Plural:

oscines

Type of:

passerine » bird » vertebrate » chordate » animal » organism » living thing

Member of:

Oscines » Passeriformes » Aves » Vertebrata » Chordata » Animalia

Original source:

WordNet

Examples:

accentor | Australian magpie | babbler | bird of paradise | blue mockingbird | bowerbird | catbird | corvine bird | creeper | fairy bluebird | finch | honey eater | honeycreeper | lark | mockingbird | New World oriole | New Zealand wren | nuthatch | Old World flycatcher | Old World oriole | pipit | shrike | songbird | starling | swallow | tanager | thrasher | thrush | titmouse | vireo | wagtail | warbler | water ouzel | waxwing | weaver | wood swallow

Synonym:

oscine bird

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