oscine vs passerine
passerine vs oscineoscine and passerine both are nouns.
oscine and passerine both are adjectives.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| oscine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| passerine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
passerine is a hypernym of
oscine; that is, passerine is a
word with a broader meaning than oscine:
- oscine: passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
- passerine: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
Other hypernyms of oscine include
passeriform bird.
| oscine (noun) | passerine (noun) |
|---|---|
| passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless |
| oscine (adjective) | passerine (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of or relating to the songbirds | relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds |
Words related to "oscine"
- American oriole
- Australian magpie
- Dumetella carolinensis
- Melanotis caerulescens
- Mimus polyglotktos
- New World oriole
- New Zealand wren
- Old World flycatcher
- Old World oriole
- Oscines
- Passeres
- accentor
- babbler
- bird of paradise
- blue mockingbird
- bluebird
- bowerbird
- cackler
- catbird
- corvine bird
- creeper
- dipper
- fairy bluebird
- finch
- flycatcher
- gray catbird
- grey catbird
- honey eater
- honeycreeper
- honeysucker
- lark
- mocker
- mocking thrush
- mockingbird
- nutcracker
- nuthatch
- oriole
- oscine bird
- passeriform bird
- passerine
- pipit
- shrike
- songbird
- songster
- starling
- suborder Oscines
- suborder Passeres
- swallow
- swallow shrike
- tanager
- thrasher
- thrush
- tit
- titlark
- titmouse
- tree creeper
- true flycatcher
- vireo
- wagtail
- warbler
- water ouzel
- waxwing
- weaver
- weaver finch
- weaverbird
- wood swallow
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