Definitions for ornithologist

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

or•ni•thol•o•gyˌɔr nəˈθɒl ə dʒi(n.)

  1. the branch of zoology that deals with birds.

    Category: Biology

Origin of ornithology:

1645–55; < NL ornithologia. See ornitho -, -logy

or`ni•thol′o•gist(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ornithologist, bird watcher(noun)

    a zoologist who studies birds

Wiktionary

  1. ornithologist(Noun)

    A person who studies or practices ornithology


Translations for ornithologist

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ornithologist(noun)

the scientific study of birds and their behaviour

He is interested in ornithology.

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