ornithological
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Entitled Hot Buttered Mattress, the show features a number of ornithological works and Moir's Bird Colour Wheel.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2023
McLean’s Bob Abrams suggests that the team take a tip from the ornithological world, which employs something called the ringing code.
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022
The annual attack of the crows is one ornithological headache they could do without.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021
“When you look up and see a blue sky and a big bunch of gulls circling, it looks like a flight of angels going overhead,” says local ornithological guru Dennis Paulson.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2019
There a retired banker from Winnipeg, Charles Broley, achieved ornithological fame by banding more than iooo young bald eagles during the years 1939-49.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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