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ornithology
[awr-nuh-thol-uh-jee]
noun
the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
ornithology
/ ˌɔːnɪθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒɪ /
noun
the study of birds, including their physiology, classification, ecology, and behaviour
ornithology
The scientific study of birds.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ornithological adjective
- ornithologic adjective
- ornithologically adverb
- ornithologist noun
- unornithological adjective
- ˌǰԾˈٳDZDz noun
- ˌǰԾٳˈDz adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ornithology1
Example Sentences
It says it has conducted one of the largest known ornithology surveys in the world as part of the application process and that it disagrees strongly with the points put forward in the letter.
The ornithology curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County placed handfuls of feathers between two small screens and clipped them together with zip ties.
Found materials, including street signage rulers, ornithology illustrations and children’s drawings, festoon the canvas, mingling with hurried chalk annotations and prays of gestural brushwork resembling graffiti.
Enchanted by catbirds singing near her new home, she signed up for an ornithology class and became a regular at Warner Park, a recreation center and urban wildlife refuge.
That’s because the company’s giant color compendiums originate at least in part from ornithology and natural history.
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