ornithological love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to ornithology.

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  • adjective of or pertaining to ornithology

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  • adjective of or relating to ornithology

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Examples

  • I assumed the larger bird was the female, according to the ornithological books.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • "What kind of birds are those, Dad?" the Mannion guys and their mother wanted to know, as if I am the unimpeachable source of all things ornithological, an idea they picked up from their old man's habit of showing off the little bird lore that he has memorized.

    Notes from the field: Vultures in the neighborhood 2009

  • I assumed the larger bird was the female, according to the ornithological books.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • I assumed the larger bird was the female, according to the ornithological books.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • A strange extension to this ornithological theme are the displays featuring a giant birdcage inhabited by a moody-looking half-dressed woman – symbolic, perhaps, of the anxious consumer, desperate to break out of their economic prison for a restorative shopping spree.

    Christmas through the looking glass 2011

  • By the way, "zugunruhe" is a an obscure German ornithological term for the nighttime restlessness displayed by migratory birds.

    "There's a shark-shaped fin, in the water of my dreams..." greygirlbeast 2009

  • Our intrepid (if long-suffering) heroine Chicken Jane attempts to save Scot and Dot from a hurtling ornithological hazard in this short-u-filled classic episode of “Fun with Chicken Jane.”

    Between the Lions: Chicken Jane & the Big Flying Duck « General Literacy « Videos « Literacy News 2009

  • I assumed the larger bird was the female, according to the ornithological books.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • The three islets to the east are part of a national ornithological reserve; there are more sea birds here, including puffins and frigatebirds, than anywhere else in the Lesser Antilles.

    Take Monday Off: Martinique Chris Nuttall-Smith 2011

  • His office is on the speed dial of cities, states and airports swarmed by winged saboteurs, especially the Canada geese, European starlings and European rock pigeons that perch atop the current ornithological terror list.

    Bird hit man loves his human-life-saving job Ed O 2010

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