OSCINES

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oscines mean? 

• OSCINES (noun)
  The noun OSCINES has 1 sense:

1. two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

  Familiarity information: OSCINES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSCINES (noun)

Meaning:

Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres

Hypernyms ("Oscines" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Oscines"):

family Sturnidae; Sturnidae (Old World starlings)

Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)

family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)

Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)

family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)

family Paridae; Paridae (titmice and chickadees)

family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)

Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)

family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)

family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)

family Vireonidae; Vireonidae (small insectivorous American songbirds)

family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)

family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)

Alaudidae; family Alaudidae (larks)

family Motacillidae; Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)

Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)

family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)

family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)

Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)

family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae (Old World (true) flycatchers)

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

family Timaliidae; Timaliidae (babblers)

family Parulidae; Parulidae (New World warblers)

family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

Holonyms ("Oscines" is a member of...):

order Passeriformes; Passeriformes (largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres)