Meanings
nounaviculturist (plural aviculturists)
plural aviculturists
- A person who keeps and rears (breeds) birds.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
- Proto-Italic*awis
- Latinavis
- Englishavi-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Englishaviculture
- Englishaviculturist
From aviculture + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French aviculteur, avicultrice
- aviculteurperson who keeps and rears birds
- avicultriceperson who keeps and rears birds
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APA
aviculturist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviculturist
MLA
“aviculturist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviculturist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aviculturist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aviculturist.
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