Audubon

[ aw-duh-bon, -buhn ]

noun
  1. John James, 1785–1851, U.S. naturalist who painted and wrote about the birds of North America.

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Audubon

/ (ˈɔːdəˌbɒn) /


noun
  1. John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)

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Scientific definitions for Audubon

Audubon

[ ôdə-bŏn′ ]


  1. American ornithologist and artist. His effort to catalog every species of bird in the United States resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827-1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.

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