paradoxography
/ˌparədɒkˈsɒɡrəfi/noun
A literary genre, originating in early Alexandrian Greece, in which (natural or man-made) phenomena considered remarkable or fantastic are described.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The Oxford Classical Dictionary. From medieval Greek παραδοξογράϕος writer on marvels + -y; compare -graphy.
- birdie
- birding
- Bird, Larry
- birdlife
- bird-like
- birdlime
- birdling
- birdo
- bird observatory
- bird of paradise
- bird of paradise flower
- bird of passage
- bird of prey
- bird pepper
- bird ringer
- bird ringing
- birdseed
- bird's-eye
- bird's-eye chilli
- Birdseye, Clarence
- bird's-eye maple
- bird's-eye pepper
- bird's-eye view
- bird's-foot
- bird's-foot trefoil