ornithology

3 definitions found

ornithology - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ornithology \Or`ni*thol"o*gy\, n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F.
     ornithologie.]
     1. That branch of Zoology which treats of the natural history
        of birds and their classification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A treatise or book on this science.
        [1913 Webster]

ornithology - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ornithology
      n 1: the branch of zoology that studies birds

ornithology - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "ornithology":
     anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, biology,
     comparative anatomy, conchology, ecology, entomology, ethology,
     helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy,
     protozoology, taxidermy, taxonomy, zoogeography, zoography,
     zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy