oscines

pl. [Lat., pl. of oscen=a singing bird; one from whose notes auguries were taken.] Ornith.: A tribe of Müller's In se ores; they are emphatically "singing-birds," having the inferior larynx endowed with the full number of five pairs of song-muscles. They correspond to the Acromyodi Normales of Garrod and Forbes. [PSEUD OSCINES.] os-çin'-I-an, a. [Lat. oscin( es ); Eng. adj. suff. -ian.] Belonging to or connected with the Oscin (q. v.). "The other families are not Oscinian , nor all even Pa erine." -Encyc . Brit . (ed. 9th), xviii. 41. os-çi-tan-çỹ, s. [Lat. oscitans , pr. par. of oscito =to yawn, to gape.] [OsCITATE.] 1. The act or state of yawning or gaping. 2. Unusual sleepine or drowsine ; carele ne , inattention. "One man's want of leisure is no excuse for the osci tancy and ignorance of those who have time to spare." -Locke : Conduct of the Understanding , § 37.