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ornithology

/awr-nuh-thol-uh-jee/US // ˌɔr nəˈθɒl ə dʒi //UK // (ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒɪ) //

鸟类学,动物学

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the branch of zoology that deals with birds.

Examples

  • I took ornithology in college, did my master’s on birds, and I never got that information.

  • We were enthusiasts in our love for ornithology; we found new inspiration in the democracy of our common interests.

  • If we could not make occasional swans of our geese in this life, we should be very ill off in matters of ornithology.

  • Ornithology was especially interesting, combining as it did observation of birds in their natural haunts and conditions.

  • For more than forty years he studied the ornithology of his district without exhausting the subject.

  • His leisure was devoted to scientific study, especially the ornithology, ichthyology, and anthropology of the West Indies.