Aviarist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who keeps an aviary.

    "But if the Aviarist be ambitious to keep the lovely, but destructive, members of the Parrot family, he must be content with grass alone, because Parrakeets (except the weak-billed Turquoisines and Elegants) would destroy the shrubs and trees in a day."

Example

More examples

"An accomplished aviarist can recognise any avian squawk."

Etymology

From aviary + -ist.

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