Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who rears or keeps birds, especially small birds, in a state of domestication.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who keeps and rears (breeds)
birds .
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Examples
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'I am by way of being an aviculturist, albeit an amateur,' he volunteered modestly.
My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald, 1925- 1956
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In providing nesting accommodation for his birds the aviculturist must endeavour to imitate their natural surroundings and supply sites as nearly as possible similar to those which the birds, to whatever order they may belong, would naturally select.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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There is a very large group of insectivorous and fruit-eating birds very suitable for aviculture, but their mode of living necessarily involves considerable care on the part of the aviculturist in the preparation of their food.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer.
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Vivaldi Aviary aviculturist, says shows "the extremely rare headless variation of the PR parrot, Amazona vittata var. acephala. [which was first reported] in the early 19th Century by the Spanish Naturalist-Explorer Vebo de la Cerveza …".
10,000 Birds 2009
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer.
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer.
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist and freelance science and nature writer.
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer.
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GrrlScientist is an evolutionary biologist, ornithologist, aviculturist, birder and freelance science and nature writer.
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