ornithology

/ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/

ornithology means the branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

ornithology is pronounced /ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/.

Etymology

From New Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos), from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos). See also ornitho- + -logy.

noun

The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds.“Gesner says in his Ornithology, that this fact was attested by a great many moderns of his own time, and he even quotes Albert the great, who asserts that he has seen a cock foster chickens.”