Suboscine

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the passerine birds of suborder Tyranni, which includes broadbills, asities, pittas, antbirds and others.

    "Crucial to my model, however, are two suboscines, one of which is the threewattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata), that do not quite fit into the current picture of oscine versus suboscine classification."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni. not-comparable

Example

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"Crucial to my model, however, are two suboscines, one of which is the threewattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata), that do not quite fit into the current picture of oscine versus suboscine classification."

Etymology

From sub- + oscine.

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New World suboscine

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