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sub•os•cine
Pronunciation: (sub-os'in, -īn), [key] Ornith.
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adj.
of or pertaining to birds of the suborder Suboscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the supposedly more primitive members of the order, with less well developed vocal organs than the oscine birds.
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n.
a suboscine bird.
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