ornithophobic

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adjective

Having or relating to ornithophobia, the fear of birds.

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Meanings

adjectiveornithophobic (comparative more ornithophobic, superlative most ornithophobic)

comparative more ornithophobic · superlative most ornithophobic

  1. Having or relating to ornithophobia, the fear of birds.
nounornithophobic (plural ornithophobics)

plural ornithophobics

  1. Someone with ornithophobia.

    Alfred Hitchcock, whose 1963 film The Birds terrified ornithophobics, hated eggs (ovophobia).

    2013, Daniel Allen, The Nature Magpie: A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature From the Natural World, London: Icon Books, page 54

Origin

From ornitho- + -phobic.

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Chicago

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