suboscine

sub os cine |səbˈäsin, -īn səbˈɑsɪn |Ornithology ▶adjective of, relating to, or denoting passerine birds of a division that includes those other than songbirds, found chiefly in America. Compare with oscine. [Suborder Deutero-Oscines, order Passeriformes. ] ▶noun a bird of this division.

suboscine

suboscine |sʌbˈɒsʌɪn, -sɪn |Ornithology ▶adjective relating to or denoting passerine birds of a division that includes those other than songbirds, found chiefly in America. Compare with oscine. ●Suborder Deutero-Oscines, order Passeriformes. ▶noun a bird of this division.