ornithological
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˌɔrnɪˈθɑlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- The conference included a session on ornithological research methods for studying bird behavior.
- Ornithological Biography
Examples
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Monica and I sought bird information: stories, field guides, and ornithological texts.
Academic text (2002) -
Better ecological and ornithological data are essential to resolve these uncertainties.
Academic text (2006) -
When Charles introduced us, he said that I was with, I worked with birds and I'm with the American Ornithological Society.
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I'm here at the fifth North American Ornithological Conference, and I have a problem ... mind you, a rather nice problem.
Blog text (2) -
By design, the International Center of Bird Migration is half war memorial, half ornithological observatory.
Academic text (2001) -
In fact, the drive to Bogor was one of the greatest shocks of my ornithological career.
Academic text (1991) -
Just last week was the North American Ornithological Conference, a major gathering of ornithologists in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Blog text (2) -
Holyoke specialized in ornithological research for the Smithsonian.
Fiction book (1998) -
Like its human counterpart, the ornithological world in Maasai thought and practice is made of many parts and diverse qualities.
Academic text (1998) -
Java, supposedly home to hundreds of resident bird species, appeared to be an ornithological desert more barren than the coastal desert of Peru.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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6.0
Relating to birds
Surface Forms
Morphology
ornithological = ornithology (transparent) = ornithology + ical
Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ical' to 'ornithology', so the meaning directly relates to the scientific study of birds.
Etymology
Ornithological comes from the Greek root ornitho- meaning 'bird' and the ending -logical meaning 'study' or 'about study', the same ending you see in biological. So, ornithological describes something that is about the scientific study of birds.