ORNITHOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ornithologist mean? 

• ORNITHOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun ORNITHOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a zoologist who studies birds

  Familiarity information: ORNITHOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORNITHOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A zoologist who studies birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bird watcher; ornithologist

Hypernyms ("ornithologist" is a kind of...):

animal scientist; zoologist (a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals)

Instance hyponyms:

Audubon; John James Audubon (United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851))

Alexander Wilson; Wilson (Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813))

Derivation:

ornithology (the branch of zoology that studies birds)

 Context examples 

The tool's name refers to the fine, almost invisible, "mist nets" with which ornithologists capture migratory songbirds.

(Using artificial intelligence to track birds' dark-of-night migrations, National Science Foundation)