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ornithology|ɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒɪ|
[ad. mod.L. ornīthologia (Aldrovandus, 1599), f. Gr. ὀρνῑθολόγος treating of birds, f. ὀρνῑθο- bird + -λόγος speaking. Cf. F. ornithologie (1690 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The branch of zoology which deals with birds, their nature and habits. (By Fuller used otherwise.)[1655Fuller (title) Ornitho-Logie: or, the Speech of Birds. Hence 1670 in Blount.] [1676Willughby (title) Ornithologiæ Libri tres, recognovit..J. Raius.] 1678Ray (title) Ornithology, translated into English and enlarged [tr. of prec.]. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Ornithology, a Discourse or Description of the several kinds and natures of Birds. 1755in Johnson. 1828Miss Mitford Village Ser. iii. (1863) 15 The lectures on ornithology, with which..he had thought fit to favour Fanny. 1893Newton Dict. Birds Introd. 20 The other work to the importance of which on Ornithology in this country allusion has been made is Bewick's History of British Birds (1797–1804). |