Category:Oscinian

Os*cin"i*an, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: one of the oscines, or singing birds.

Oscinian Os*cin"i*an, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family Oscinidæ.

Note: some, whose larvæ live in the stalks, are very destructive to Barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (oscinis frit), Destroy the heads of grain.