ornithology
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- noun
- /ˌɔrnɪˈθɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
:
ornitología
- An expert in ornithology, he was a colleague of the famed wildlife artist John James Audubon.
- Ornithology at Cornell
- Department of Ornithology
- Journal of Ornithology
And one of the snippets in there, this hit me so fucking hard was a guy had written a book on Ornithology.
- And one of the snippets in there, this hit me so fucking hard was a guy had written a book on Ornithology.
Examples
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The British Trust for Ornithology Heronries Census has monitored grey herons annually since 1938 and counted over 10,000 heronries in 2003.
Academic text (2007) -
The researchers reported their findings last April in The Auk, an ornithology journal.
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The university put me in charge of the research project for the ornithology department.
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We know for certain that the level of ornithology we have now did not exist back then.
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I have a biology and ornithology background, so this group was a great match for my own interests.
Blog text (9) -
You know how passionate I am about ornithology.
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Ornithology happens to be my avocation.
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The zoo was formerly the private collection of Heinrich Mendelsohn, the father of Israeli ornithology.
Academic text (2001) -
Today, citizen-science projects can be found in areas of study as diverse as astronomy, botany, marine biology, ornithology, and paleontology.
Academic text (2013) -
Jonathan Meiburg holds a PhD in ornithology, the study of birds.
How Scientific
Surface Forms
Morphology
ornithology = ornith + ology
The term is structurally clear as a bird-related element plus '-ology' 'study of', but the classical combining form is not a common standalone English base for many learners.
Etymology
The word ornithology comes from the Greek parts ornitho- 'bird' and -logy 'study'. So, ornithology is the study of birds, just like biology studies life and geology studies rocks.