ornithology
English
Etymology
From New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos),[1] from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- + -logy.
Noun
ornithology (countable and uncountable, plural ornithologies)
- The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.
- Synonyms: birdlore, fowl-lore
- 1750, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, The Art of Hatching and Bringing Up Domestick Fowls of All Kinds at Any Time of the Year:
- Gesner says in his Ornithology, that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great, who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens.
Derived terms
- ethnoornithology
- paleornithology
Translations
scientific study of birds
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References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN