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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeresnoun

    two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

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  1. oscines

    A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5,000 or so species found all over the world, in which the vocal organ typically is developed in such a way as to produce a diverse and elaborate bird song. Songbirds form one of the two major lineages of extant perching birds (~4,000 species), the other being the Tyranni (~1,000 species), which are most diverse in the Neotropics and absent from many parts of the world. The Tyranni have a simpler syrinx musculature, and while their vocalizations are often just as complex and striking as those of songbirds, they are altogether more mechanical sounding. There is a third perching bird lineage, the Acanthisitti from New Zealand, of which only two species remain alive today. Some evidence suggests that songbirds evolved 50 million years ago in the part of Gondwana that later became India, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Antarctica, before spreading around the world.

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  1. oscines

    Oscines, also known as songbirds, represent a large group of passerine birds that are characterized by their ability to produce complex, often melodious vocal sounds, which are learnt rather than innate. This group includes a wide variety of bird species such as sparrows, finches, crows, and swallows.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Oscines

    os′si-nēz, n.pl. a sub-order of birds of the order Passeres.—adj. Os′cine—also n. [L. oscen, oscinis, a singing-bird.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oscines in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oscines in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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