ornis

American

[awr-nis] / ˈɔr nɪs /

noun

an avifauna.

ornis British

/ ˈɔːnɪs /

noun

a less common word for avifauna

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Noun Inflected Forms

ornithes

plural

Etymology

Origin of ornis

1860–65; < German < Greek órnīs bird; akin to Old English earn eagle ( see erne), German Aar

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The typical Tyranninæ form a more mixed group, some species of which, such as Tyrannus melancholicus and Pyrocephalus rubineus, are prominent objects in the Argentine ornis.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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