ornithologist

[awr-nuh-thol-uh-jee] Origin

or·ni·thol·o·gy

[awr-nuh-thol-uh-jee]
noun
the branch of zoology that deals with birds.

Origin:
1645–55; < Neo-Latin ornithologia. See ornitho-, -logy

or·ni·tho·log·i·cal [awr-nuh-thuh-loj-i-kuhl] , or·ni·tho·log·ic, adjective
or·ni·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
or·ni·thol·o·gist, noun
un·or·ni·tho·log·i·cal, adjective
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ornithology (ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
the study of birds, including their physiology, classification, ecology, and behaviour
 
ornithological
 
adj
 
ornitho'logically
 
adv
 
orni'thologist
 
n

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ornithologist
1670s, from Mod.L. ornithologia (1599), from Gk. ornitho- (q.v.) + -logia "study," from logos "word."
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