ornithology
noun/ˌɔːnɪˈθɒlədʒi/
/ˌɔːrnɪˈθɑːlədʒi/
[uncountable]- the scientific study of birdsWord Originlate 17th cent.: from modern Latin ornithologia, from Greek ornithologos ‘relating to birds’.
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