Definition of Ornis

1. Noun. An avifauna; a bird. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ornis

1. avifauna [n ORNITHES] - See also: avifauna

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornis

ornatenesses
ornater
ornatest
ornating
ornature
orned
ornee
ornerier
orneriest
orneriness
ornerinesses
ornery
ornidazole
orning
ornipressin
ornis (current term)
ornises
ornith-
ornithes
ornithic
ornithichnite
ornithichnites
ornithichnology
ornithinaemia
ornithine
ornithine-oxo-acid transaminase
ornithine acetyltransferase
ornithine carbamoyltransferase
ornithine cycle
ornithine d-aminotransferase

Literary usage of Ornis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sanctuary: A Bird Masque by Percy MacKaye (1914)
"Unseal The fountains of his vision, and reveal Yonder the sister spirit, whom so long His blind heart strove to wrong— ornis: Reveal, and let him speak with ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1896)
"487 (); Homeyer, ornis,, p. 81 ; Lutke, ornis,, p. 46 (Denmark, breeds) ; Attarda, ornis,, p. 631 (Holland, breeds); Winge, ornis, ..."

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