Definitions for oscine

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oscine os·cine

Spelling: [os-in, -ahyn]

IPA: /ˈɒs ɪn, -aɪn/

Oscine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in oscine (ceinos).

Definitions for oscine

noun

1. an oscine bird.

adjective

1. of, belonging to, or pertaining to the suborder Oscines, of the order Passeriformes, comprising the songbirds that have highly developed vocal organs.

Origin of oscine

1880-85, Americanism; New Latin Oscines name of the suborder, equivalent to Latin oscin- (stem of oscen) songbird, orig. bird that gives omens by its cry (o(b)s-, variant of ob-