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suboscine definition

sub·os·cine (səb äs′in, -īn′)

adjective

of or having to do with any passerine bird that is not in the suborder of the oscines

noun

any such bird characterized by a vocal organ that is less developed than one of an oscine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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