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ornitho-

 
a combining form meaning “bird,” used in the formation of compound words: ornithology.
Also, especially before a vowel, ornith-.

Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk ornīth- (s. of órnīs) bird
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ornith-  
pref.  Variant of ornitho-.
ornitho- or ornith-  
pref.  Bird: ornithosis.

[New Latin ornītho-, from Greek, from ornīs, ornīth-, bird; see or- in Indo-European roots.]
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ornitho- 
from Gk., comb. form of ornis (gen. ornithos) "bird" (but in Attic, generally "domestic fowl"), from PIE *or- "large bird" (see erne).
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