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Pronunciation : Os*cin"i*an
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: One of the Oscines, or singing birds.

(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Os*cin"i*an
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family Oscinid?.

Note: Some, whose larv? live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (Oscinis frit), destroy the heads of grain.

(Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913