Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in ornithology or makes a special study of birds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who studies or practices
ornithology
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a zoologist who studies birds
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Examples
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Venetian is no respecter of species; and when an Italian "ornithologist"
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Nor would I claim to be an "ornithologist", a title which implies scientific knowledge, a capacity for protracted study, an understanding of graphs, figures and statistics, and possibly a doctorate.
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An ornithologist, he lived 'til he was 97, and so I got to see the way he would collect and classify and write systematically about his bird collection.
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Always a passionate ornithologist, Messiaen would ask Pasquier, his commanding officer, to assign him the early watch so that he could observe the awakening of the birds.
A POW's Awe-Inspiring Act of Faith Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2011
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As our group moved on down the street, Dr Dave Mehlman, ornithologist, asked me, “Did you get a picture?”
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He's been so thoroughly domesticated by his loving owner, Linda Leslie Mann that he studies aerodynamics in his cage, yet continues to walk around their cozy home in Minnesota until a Brazilian ornithologist named Tulio comes out of nowhere and proposes mating him with the street-smart, high-flying Jewel in Rio to save the macaw species.
Animated 'Rio': A Witty Carnival of Brazil Nuts Joe Morgenstern 2011
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He named his dashing spy after an unassuming U.S. ornithologist who wrote "Birds of the West Indies."
Ian Fleming Airport, Jamaica's Third, Jamaica opens new airport named for Ian Fleming AP 2011
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He named his dashing spy after an unassuming U.S. ornithologist who wrote "Birds of the West Indies."
Ian Fleming Airport, Jamaica's Third, Jamaica opens new airport named for Ian Fleming AP 2011
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He named his dashing spy after an unassuming U.S. ornithologist who wrote "Birds of the West Indies."
Ian Fleming Airport, Jamaica's Third, Jamaica opens new airport named for Ian Fleming AP 2011
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He named his dashing spy after an unassuming U.S. ornithologist who wrote "Birds of the West Indies."
Ian Fleming Airport, Jamaica's Third, Jamaica opens new airport named for Ian Fleming AP 2011
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