birdon.
/ˈbəːdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbərdoʊ/, Australian English /ˈbɜːdoʊ/ Australian colloquial.
A birdwatcher.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > bird-watcher
birdwatcher1803
birder1900
bird spotter1931
birdo1950
birdman1955
twitcher1974
1950 Wild Life June 255/1 Out with the ‘birdos’.
1989 Hills & Valley Messenger (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 Nov. She has also mastered one of the hardest skills for a birdo: identifying birds by their call.
2000 Messenger (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 June 10 If you're a birdo and a very keen birdo, time doesn't come into it.
2017 @sullivanpatten 22 Sept. in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2020) Have I ever told you of my in depth bird knowledge? My dad is a massive birdo and fam hols as a child were all spent on birdwatching trips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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