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
- : 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.
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