Acromyodi (akromiodi)

pl. [NL., άκρος, at the end, + μῦς, muscle, + ῳδή, song.] A suborder or superfamily of pa erine birds, embracing the Oscines, or singing birds proper, and characterized by having the several intrinsic syringeal muscles attached to the ends of the upper bronchial half-rings: opposed to Mesomyodi. The great majority of the Pa eres are Acromyodi. [The word is also used as an adjective in the Pa eres acromyodi, equivalent acromyodian Pa eres.] a crop odium