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The branch of zoology that studies birds
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ornithology
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from Modern Latin ornithologia (1590s); see ornitho- + -logy .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of zoology that studies birds
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Ornithology " is a famous jazz standard by bebop alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Benny Harris . Its title is a reference to Parker's nickname, "Bird" ( ornithology means the study of birds). The Charlie Parker Septet made the first recording ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ornithology \Or`ni*thol"o*gy\, n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.] That branch of zo["o]logy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification. A treatise or book on this science.
Usage examples of ornithology.
Willughby devoted his life to Ornithology and Ichthyology and won a deathless place in science.
Then you have zoology, or the study of animals, ornithology for birds, entomology for insects, conchology for shells, ichthyology for fishes.
Four years later he was named curator of the Botanic Garden at Harvard University, a position he held with distinction for a dozen years, and somehow also found time to become a leading authority on birds, producing a celebrated text on American ornithology in 1832.
Christine also had a stuffed passenger pigeon (the ROM’s Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology—the slapped-together catchall formed by merging the old ichthyology, herpetology, mammalogy, and ornithology departments—had about twenty of them).
Does an ichneumon wasp study ornithology before it finds the one species of spider that will do for her eggs, and stings it just so in order that it may remain alive?