Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ornithology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ornithology \Or`ni*thol"o*gy\, n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F.
ornithologie.]
1. That branch of zo["o]logy which treats of the natural
history of birds and their classification.
2. A treatise or book on this science.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ornithology
n : the branch of zoology that studies birds
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