oscine, a.
(ˈɒsɪn)
[f. L. oscen, oscin- (see next), the end of the word being app. taken as = -ine1.]
Of or pertaining to the Oscines; oscinine.
| 1883 Nation (N.Y.) 29 Mar. 281/2 Boot..is used to denote the continuous front sheath of the tarsus of most oscine or singing birds, like the robin. 1885 Librar. Mag. (U.S.) Aug. 97 Those liquid bird-phrases that..have been the same since first an oscine throat was filled with music. |