ornithoscopy

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noun

birdwatching

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Meanings

nounornithoscopy (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebirdwatching

    1840, Thomas De Quincey, "Modern Superstition"", in Blackwood's Magazine Meantime , speaking of ornithoscopy in relation to Jews , I remember another story in that subdivision of the subject which it may be worth while repeating

Origin

From ornitho- + -scopy.

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APA

ornithoscopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithoscopy

MLA

“ornithoscopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithoscopy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ornithoscopy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ornithoscopy.

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