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oscine (adj.)
"of or pertaining to the singing birds," 1872, from Modern Latin Oscines, the scientific name of the suborder, from Latin oscen (gentitive oscinis) "songbird, bird giving omens by its cry, from assimilated form of ob- "in front of, before" (see ob-) + canere "to sing" (from PIE root *kan- "to sing").
updated on October 09, 2017
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