Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Oscinian \Os*cin"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   One of the Oscines, or singing birds.

Oscinian \Os*cin"i*an\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of dipterous files of the family
   {Oscinid[ae]}.

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