suboscine

Etymology

From sub- + oscine.

suboscine means Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

adj

Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni.

noun

Any of the passerine birds of suborder Tyranni, which includes broadbills, asities, pittas, antbirds and others.“Crucial to my model, however, are two suboscines, one of which is the threewattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata), that do not quite fit into the current picture of oscine versus suboscine classification.”