Ornithologer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An ornithologist. rare
"So although Galen ſaith that it is harder, than that of the Partridg, Pigeon, or Henne, &c; yet where he ſpeakes of meats of good and bad juyce, he affirmeth the former, as alſo that it’s neither thin nor groſſe, and Savonarola preferreth it before the Buſtard or Thruſh, ſo Bapt Fier. Yet the Ornithologer and Volateranus deny it."
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More examples"So although Galen ſaith that it is harder, than that of the Partridg, Pigeon, or Henne, &c; yet where he ſpeakes of meats of good and bad juyce, he affirmeth the former, as alſo that it’s neither thin nor groſſe, and Savonarola preferreth it before the Buſtard or Thruſh, ſo Bapt Fier. Yet the Ornithologer and Volateranus deny it."
Etymology
From Latin ornithologus + -er.
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