oscines
English Thesaurus
1. two names for the suborder of typical songbirds (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | animal order, |
| definition | : | the order of animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | oscine, oscine bird, |
| definition | : | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family meliphagidae, meliphagidae, |
| definition | : | honey eaters (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family prunellidae, prunellidae, |
| definition | : | hedge sparrow (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | alaudidae, family alaudidae, |
| definition | : | larks (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family motacillidae, motacillidae, |
| definition | : | pipits and wagtails (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family fringillidae, fringillidae, |
| definition | : | finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | coerebidae, dacninae, family coerebidae, family dacninae, |
| definition | : | the honeycreepers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family passeridae, passeridae, |
| definition | : | true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family ploceidae, ploceidae, |
| definition | : | weaverbirds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | drepanididae, family drepanididae, |
| definition | : | Hawaiian honeycreepers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family muscicapidae, muscicapidae, |
| definition | : | Old World (true) flycatchers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family turdidae, turdidae, |
| definition | : | thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family sylviidae, sylviidae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family timaliidae, timaliidae, |
| definition | : | babblers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family parulidae, parulidae, |
| definition | : | New World warblers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family paradisaeidae, paradisaeidae, |
| definition | : | birds of paradise (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family icteridae, icteridae, |
| definition | : | American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family oriolidae, oriolidae, |
| definition | : | Old World orioles (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family sturnidae, sturnidae, |
| definition | : | Old World starlings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | corvidae, family corvidae, |
| definition | : | crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cracticidae, family cracticidae, |
| definition | : | Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family mimidae, mimidae, |
| definition | : | sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | acanthisittidae, family acanthisittidae, family xenicidae, xenicidae, |
| definition | : | alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | certhiidae, family certhiidae, |
| definition | : | creepers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family sittidae, sittidae, |
| definition | : | nuthatches (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family paridae, paridae, |
| definition | : | titmice and chickadees (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family irenidae, irenidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the suborder Oscines (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family hirundinidae, hirundinidae, |
| definition | : | swallows and martins (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | artamidae, family artamidae, |
| definition | : | wood swallows (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family thraupidae, thraupidae, |
| definition | : | tanagers (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family laniidae, laniidae, |
| definition | : | shrikes (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae, |
| definition | : | bowerbirds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | cinclidae, family cinclidae, |
| definition | : | water ouzels (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | family vireonidae, vireonidae, |
| definition | : | small insectivorous American songbirds (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | bombycillidae, family bombycillidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the suborder Oscines (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | order passeriformes, passeriformes, |
| definition | : | largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres (noun.animal) |
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