Audubon

[ aw-duh-bon, -buhn ]

noun

1. John James, 1785–1851, U.S. naturalist who painted and wrote about the birds of North America.

Audubon

/ ˈɔːdəˌbɒn /

noun

1. AudubonJohn James17851851MUSSCIENCE: naturalistARTS AND CRAFTS: artist John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)

Audubon

/ ô′də-bŏn′ /

1. American ornithologist and artist. His effort to catalog every species of bird in the United States resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827–1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.

Example Sentences

“There used to be a lot more of us,” said Greenwood, who serves on the board of directors for the National Audubon Society.

From The Daily Beast

For me, these two artists, Roger Tory Peterson and David Allen Sibley are our own John James Audubon of the 20th and 21st century.

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And Audubon continued to paint birds as his business ventures faltered and failed.

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Before Audubon, ornithologists depicted birds flatly and schematically.

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Olivier is based loosely on Alexis de Tocqueville and Parrot has affinities with Audubon.

From The Daily Beast

Audubon, the greatest of all American bird lovers, gives a graphic account of the migration of a flock of these birds.

From Project Gutenberg

The story of John James Audubon is as interesting as the most romantic novel.

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Here Audubon lived, wrote, and painted until even his rugged strength was worn out.

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Audubon saw a flock that contained “one billion one hundred and sixteen millions of birds!”

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Audubon mentions having seen it in Maine at the end of October, but this specimen surely must have been an exceptional laggard.

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