ornithologist Meaning of "ornithologist"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a zoologist who studies birds

Usage(s):

  1. True, the onetime ornithologist and the former physicist had created a plausible model for the structure of DNA that morning.
  2. And Winged Migration turned every moviegoer into an awestruck ornithologist.
  3. James Fisher, 58, British ornithologist and conservationist; of injuries received in an auto accident; in London.

Quotes

  1. "This is a world first," said Randal Keynes, one of Darwin's great great grandsons, who explains that this is the first time that the six varieties have been brought together since the publication. "If you gave them to an expert ornithologist...
    on Nov 27, 2009 By: Randal Keynes Source: guardian.co.uk

  2. Collins, who has drawn 1,000 pictures since leaving hospital, says birds were his first passion before music, adding: "I can't remember not being interested in birds. I was an official Young Ornithologist and I could identify every British bird on...
    on Oct 16, 2008 By: Edwyn Collins Source: Independent

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