英语词汇“oscine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

oscine

/ˈɒsʌɪn

/ /ˈɒsɪn/

Ornithology

adjective

Relating to or denoting passerine birds of a large division that includes the songbirds. Compare with suboscine.

Suborder Oscines, order Passeriformes.

The ability of territorial oscine males to discriminate between songs of neighbors and strangers has received considerable attention, but this phenomenon is virtually unstudied in suboscines....

A possible explanation for this apparent limited interest is that oscine song, the dominant model for avian acoustic studies, is learned.
In many oscine species, song or syllable repertoire size increases from young to older birds, although not in all studies.

noun

An oscine bird.Cracraft shows an unresolved three-way split between oscines (which form the large majority of passerine birds), suboscines, and New Zealand wrens....

In addition, intrinsic individual variation, including learned cultural differences in oscines, provides the raw material for vocal divergence through drift or selection.
Blue-throated Hummingbirds show convergence with oscines in vocal complexity, song organization, song function, and possible learning of some song elements.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Latin oscen, oscin- 'songbird' + -ine¹.

单词	oscine
释义	oscine /ˈɒsʌɪn / /ˈɒsɪn/ Ornithology adjective Relating to or denoting passerine birds of a large division that includes the songbirds. Compare with suboscine. Suborder Oscines, order Passeriformes. The ability of territorial oscine males to discriminate between songs of neighbors and strangers has received considerable attention, but this phenomenon is virtually unstudied in suboscines.... A possible explanation for this apparent limited interest is that oscine song, the dominant model for avian acoustic studies, is learned. In many oscine species, song or syllable repertoire size increases from young to older birds, although not in all studies. noun An oscine bird.Cracraft shows an unresolved three-way split between oscines (which form the large majority of passerine birds), suboscines, and New Zealand wrens.... In addition, intrinsic individual variation, including learned cultural differences in oscines, provides the raw material for vocal divergence through drift or selection. Blue-throated Hummingbirds show convergence with oscines in vocal complexity, song organization, song function, and possible learning of some song elements. Origin Late 19th century: from Latin oscen, oscin- 'songbird' + -ine¹.
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