ornithologistn.
/ˌɔːnᵻˈθɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌɔrnəˈθɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of ornithology; a person who studies birds.
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1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 177 She may be placed amongst them by future Ornithologists.
1751 G. White Jrnl. 20 Mar. (1970) xxiv. 379 The latin Ornithologists call this bird Coccothraustes, i.e., berry-breaker.
1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) I. ii. 135 This is the Gyrfalco of all the ornithologists except Linnæus.
1816 Ld. Byron Let. July (1981) XI. 190 Reinagle is a..better ornithologist than I am; eagles..attack with their talons, and not with their beaks.
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest Introd. 11 No one, not an ornithologist, has contributed more to the advance of our knowledge of the birds of the West.
1974 W. Condry Woodlands xi. 117 These large-billed races are known as parrot crossbills and are regarded by some ornithologists as a separate species.
1991 J. Hadwick Owl Light i. 14 The life of a five-year-old ornithologist did not always run smoothly. One day I found a dead blackbird..in the road outside my house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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