Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An avifauna; the fauna of a region in so far as it is composed of birds: as, the ornis of South America; a rich and varied ornis.
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- noun An
avifauna ; a bird.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Outo to proton agprion ti zoon ebrothe kai kakourgon, eit ornis tis e ichthus eilkusto kai geusamenon outo kai promeletesan en ekeinois to thonikon epi boun ergaten elthe kai to kosmion probaton kai ton oikouron alektruona kai kata mikron outo ten aplestian stomosantes epi sphagas anthropon kai polemous kai phonous proelthon. —
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In Varro's time, 116-127 B.C., aviaries or "ornithones" (from Gr. [Greek: ornis, ornithos], bird) were common.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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[255] The Greek word for _omen_ is the same as that for _bird_ -- [Greek: ornis].
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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[290] Orneae, a city in Argolis ([Greek: ornis] in Greek means a bird).
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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Outo to proton agprion ti zoon ebrothe kai kakourgon, eit ornis tis e ichthus eilkusto kai geusamenon outo kai promeletesan en ekeinois to thonikon epi boun ergaten elthe kai to kosmion probaton kai ton oikouron alektruona kai kata mikron outo ten aplestian stomosantes epi sphagas anthropon kai polemous kai phonous proelthon.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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Outo to proton agprion ti zoon ebrothe kai kakourgon, eit ornis tis e ichthus eilkusto kai geusamenon outo kai promeletesan en ekeinois to thonikon epi boun ergaten elthe kai to kosmion probaton kai ton oikouron alektruona kai kata mikron outo ten aplestian stomosantes epi sphagas anthropon kai polemous kai phonous proelthon.
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 3 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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Avernus, the Infernal Regions, Hell, Hades, is an a-negative word, combining a - and ornis ` bird, 'so that Avernus is a place without birds.
missanthropist commented on the word ornis
Greek Bird.
July 9, 2008