ORNITHOSCOPY


Meaning of ORNITHOSCOPY in English

-pē noun

( -es )

Etymology: Greek ornithoskopia, from ornithoskopos predicting by observing the flight of birds (from ornith- + skopos observer — from skopein to view, watch — ) + -ia -y — more at spy

1. : ornithomancy

2. : bird-watching

would alternate ornithoscopy with entomology — Rose Macaulay

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