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单词 ornithotomy
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ornithotomyn.

Brit. /ɔːnᵻˈθɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌɔrnəˈθɑdəmi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -tomy comb. form.
Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -tomy comb. form. Compare French ornithotomie (1868 in Littré). Compare ornithotomist n.
Now rare.
The dissection of birds; the anatomy of birds.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > anatomy or dissection
ornithotomy1854
1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 73/1 An additional specific term in ornithotomy.
1904 Amer. Naturalist 38 846 It has been devoted to every department of ornithology and of ornithotomy and morphology.

Derivatives

ornithotomical adj. Obsolete rare
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > birds > specific aspects
pterylographic1867
ornithotomical1875
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 728/1 The merest abstract of most of our present ornithotomical knowledge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1854
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