Example Sentences

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Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most people will opt for the less ornithologically precise "Turkey Day."

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2021

He ended up modeling the dove after a catbird, and its red beak is not ornithologically accurate.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2012

That was ornithologically wrong, but it was geopolitically right.

From Time • Mar. 12, 2012

So Swan has been sharpening his talons - ornithologically incorrect as that sounds.

From BBC • May 10, 2011

For though we have no disreputable cuckoo, ornithologically speaking, let us not congratulate ourselves too hastily.

From My Studio Neighbors by Gibson, William Hamilton