Definitions for ornithologyˌɔr nəˈθɒl ə dʒi

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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. ornithology(noun)

    the branch of zoology that studies birds

Wiktionary

  1. ornithology(Noun)

    The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.


Translations for ornithology

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ornithology(noun)

the scientific study of birds and their behaviour

He is interested in ornithology.

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