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Webster 1913 Edition
Oscinian
Os-cin′i-an
,Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Oscines, or singing birds.
Os-cin′i-an
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the family
Oscinidae
. ☞ Some, whose larvae live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (
Oscinis frit
), destroy the heads of grain.