Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni, including thebroadbill , asities,pittas ,antbirds and others. - noun One of the birds in the above suborder.
Etymologies
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From sub- + oscine
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When considering the perching birds oscine and suboscine the team found that despite having northern ancestral origins, 55% of New World oscine species now breed in South America, many of them in tropical habitats.
Spero News 2010
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