aviphilic

comparative more aviphilic · superlative most aviphilic

1. Fond of birds; bird-loving.

   Below the great blue turaco were no fewer than twenty-six other new species, most of which the trio had spotted coming down to drink at the bird bath which the thoughtful and aviphilic guest-house owners had set up in the garden.

   2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 162

2. biologyOf an insect, virus, etc., utilising birds.