Paleornithology

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

  Paleornithology \Pa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy\
     (p[=a]`l[-e]*[^o]r`n[i^]*th[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Paleo- +
     ornithology.]
     The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paleornithology
       n : the paleobiology of birds [syn: {palaeornithology}]