SUBOSCINES

Meaning of SUBOSCINES in English

|səb+ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from sub- + Oscines

in former classifications : a superfamily of birds equivalent to the suborder Menurae

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PASSERINE — Any perching bird. All passerines belong to the largest order of birds, Passeriformes, and have feet specialized for holding onto …
Английский словарь Британика
SUBOSCINE — /sub os"in, -uyn/ , Ornith. adj. 1. of or pertaining to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PASSERIFORM — also called passerine, or perching bird any member of the order Passeriformes, the largest order of birds and the dominant …
Britannica English vocabulary
PASSERINE — n. Any perching bird. All passerines belong to the largest order of birds, Passeriformes, and have feet specialized for holding …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

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