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- noun Plural form of
ornithologist .
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Examples
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Experts who work with birds are known as ornithologists, but they do many and varied jobs.
AvaxHome 2010
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"ornithologists" -- I have never seen that before!
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (copy) ____Maggie 2008
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He belongs with his brother "ornithologists" of the roccolos, who net their "game" with the aid of _blind_ birds!
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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Weather – cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds fell out of the sky – is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say.
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Weather – cold and wet weather like in Arkansas New Year's Eve when the birds fell out of the sky – is often associated with mass bird deaths, ornithologists say.
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But ornithologists later began referring to this species as Phalacrocorax olivaceus because they considered the original discovery to be uncertain.
Mystery bird: Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus 2011
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But ornithologists later began referring to this species as Phalacrocorax olivaceus because they considered the original discovery to be uncertain.
Mystery bird: Neotropic cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus 2011
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Nevertheless, ornithologists have discovered that their numbers have plunged by more than 90% since the 1950s, with factors such as climate change and over-fishing of squid and octopus – the penguins' main source of food – being put forward as possible causes.
Tristan da Cunha islanders rescue rockhopper penguins threatened by oil slick 2011
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There was also a wide variety of PhDs—everything from psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and mathematicians to ornithologists—as well as an assortment of creative types, including artists, writers, journalists, inventors, and advertising men.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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There was also a wide variety of PhDs—everything from psychologists, anthropologists, linguists, and mathematicians to ornithologists—as well as an assortment of creative types, including artists, writers, journalists, inventors, and advertising men.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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