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or⋅nith⋅ic

  [awr-nith-ik]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to birds.
Origin:
1850–55; < Gk ornīthikós birdlike, equiv. to ornīth- ornith- + -ikos -ic
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or·nith·ic   (ôr-nĭth'ĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Ornithic

Or*nith"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a bird.] Of or pertaining to birds; as, ornithic fossils. --Owen.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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