Ornis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bird. formal
  2. 2
    The birds collectively of a region; avifauna.

    "Baird then proceeds to treat of the eastward movement of American birds, and its influence on the ornis of Greenland and Europe, and vice versâ."

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"Baird then proceeds to treat of the eastward movement of American birds, and its influence on the ornis of Greenland and Europe, and vice versâ."

Etymology

From German Ornis, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”), Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος (órnithos, “bird”).

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