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ORNITHOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of zoology that studies birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ornithology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Domain member category:

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)

Derivation:

ornithological (of or relating to ornithology)

ornithologist (a zoologist who studies birds)

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