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oscines

oscines is the plural of oscine.

Meaning of oscine

Noun

oscine (plural oscines)

  1. Any bird of the suborder Passeri (the songbirds), which have better vocal control than other birds.
    • Because the oscines are the most speciose group of living birds, the use of learned vocalizations for mate competition and attraction has been hypothesized to have facilitated speciation (Marler and Tamura 1962; Slabbekoorn and Smith 2002; see Ricklefs [2003] for an alternative view).2005, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Hormones and Animal Social Behavior, page 273

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Questions about oscines

What is oscines the plural of?
Oscines is the plural of oscine.

Words near oscines in the dictionary

  1. oscillotonometer
  2. oscillotonometers
  3. oscillotonometric
  4. oscillotonometry
  5. oscine
  6. oscines
  7. oscinine
  8. oscitance
  9. oscitancies
  10. oscitancy
  11. oscitant

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