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ornithologist|ɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒɪst| [f. as ornithology + -ist.] One who studies or is versed in ornithology; a student of birds.
1677Plot Oxfordshire 177 She may be placed amongst them by future Ornithologists. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) I. 135 This is the gyrfalco of all the ornithologists except Linnæus. 1874Coues Birds N.W. Introd. 11 No one, not an ornithologist, has contributed more to the advance of our knowledge of the birds of the West. So orniˈthologize v., to pursue the study of birds.
1872Amer. Naturalist VI. 268 At Topeka..we also tarried for ten days, devoting the time almost exclusively to ornithologizing. 1892Gd. Words Apr. 238/2 One day in early summer, whilst ornithologizing amongst the mountains. |