Ornithology

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ornithology
       n : the branch of zoology that studies birds

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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