caliologyn.
/kalɪˈɒlədʒi/ That department of ornithology which is concerned with birds' nests.
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oology1830
ornithichnology1836
neossology1865
pterylography1867
caliology1875
pterography1887
ornithobiography1890
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 772 There are not many works on nidification, for ‘Caliology’ or the study of nests has hardly been deemed a distinct branch of the science.
1884 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (ed. 2) ii. 227 One of the most delightful departments of ornithology, called caliology.
1902 C. Dixon Birds' Nests Introd. 4 The late J. G. Woods' popular treatment of birds' nests..practically exhausts the special literature of caliology.
Derivatives
calioˈlogical adj.
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