Definition of Ornithologist

1. Noun. A zoologist who studies birds.

Exact synonyms: Bird Watcher
Generic synonyms: Animal Scientist, Zoologist
Specialized synonyms: Audubon, John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson, Wilson
Derivative terms: Birdwatch, Ornithology

Definition of Ornithologist

1. n. One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

Definition of Ornithologist

1. Noun. A person who studies or practices ornithology ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ornithologist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ornithologist

1. One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds. Origin: Cf. F. Ornithologiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithologist

ornithischian
ornithischian dinosaur
ornithischians
ornitho-
ornithochory
ornithodelphia
ornithoid
ornithoidichnite
ornithoidichnites
ornitholite
ornitholites
ornithologic
ornithological
ornithologically
ornithologies
ornithologist (current term)
ornithologists
ornithology
ornithomancy
ornithomimid
ornithomimosaur
ornithomimosaurs
ornithon
ornithons
ornithopappi
ornithophobia
ornithopod
ornithopod dinosaur
ornithopoda
ornithopods

Literary usage of Ornithologist

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

1. The Wilson Bulletin by Wilson Ornithological Club, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological Society (1900)
"Iowa ornithologist, now Western ornithologist, i DL Savage) CC Tryon, Ed. Avoca, la. Museum, The. ... Frank H. Lattin, Ed. Albion, NY ornithologist and ..."

2. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"JOHN JAMES AUDUBON ornithologist 1780-1851 BY WITMER STONE PROBABLY no name is more nearly synonymous with the study of birds than that of Audubon, ..."

3. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"JOHN JAMES AUDUBON ornithologist 1780-1851 BY WITHER STONE PROBABLY no name is more nearly synonymous with the study , of birds than that of Audubon, ..."

4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"REPORT OF THK ornithologist AND MAMMALOGIST. Sm : I have the honor to submit herewith my second annual re- port upon the operations of the Division of ..."

5. The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art, and Literature edited by J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish (1894)
"... the Canadian ornithologist, was born at Ayr, in Scotland. in 1824, not very far from Paisley, the birth-place of the gifted ornithologist, Alexander \V ..."

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