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ornithoscopy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

birdwatching

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1840, Thomas De Quincey, "Modern Superstition"", in Blackwood's Magazine Meantime , speaking of ornithoscopy in relation to Jews , I remember another story in that subdivision of the subject which it may be worth while repeating

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From ornitho- + -scopy.