One does not need to be an ornithologist to be able to distinguish blackbirds from crows or even jackdaws.
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Ornithologist
//ˌɔːnɪˈθɒləd͡ʒɪst//
Synonyms for "ornithologist" (6 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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64 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- خَبِير فِي عِلْمِ الطُّيُور noun (expert in ornithology)
- عَالِم طُيُور noun (expert in ornithology)
Armenian
1 entries- թռչնաբան noun (expert in ornithology)
Belarusian
1 entries- арнітолаг noun (expert in ornithology)
Catalan
2 entries- ornitòleg noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitòloga noun (expert in ornithology)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鳥類學者 /鸟类学者 noun (expert in ornithology)
Czech
1 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
Danish
1 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
Dutch
2 entries- ornitholoog noun (expert in ornithology)
- vogelkenner noun (expert in ornithology)
Esperanto
1 entries- ornitologo noun (expert in ornithology)
Estonian
2 entries- linnuteadlane noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitoloog noun (expert in ornithology)
Finnish
2 entries- lintutieteilijä noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitologi noun (expert in ornithology)
French
2 entries- ornithologiste noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornithologue noun (expert in ornithology)
Galician
2 entries- ornitóloga noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitólogo noun (expert in ornithology)
German
4 entries- Orni noun (expert in ornithology)
- Ornithologe noun (expert in ornithology)
- Ornithologin noun (expert in ornithology)
- Vogelkundler noun (expert in ornithology)
Greek
1 entries- ορνιθολόγος noun (expert in ornithology)
Hungarian
1 entries- ornitológus noun (expert in ornithology)
Icelandic
1 entries- fuglafræðingur noun (expert in ornithology)
Irish
1 entries- éaneolaí noun (expert in ornithology)
Italian
2 entries- ornitologa noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitologo noun (expert in ornithology)
Japanese
1 entries- 鳥類学者 noun (expert in ornithology)
Korean
1 entries- 조류학자 noun (expert in ornithology)
Latin
1 entries- ornithologus noun (expert in ornithology)
Latvian
2 entries- ornitologs noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitoloģe noun (expert in ornithology)
Lithuanian
2 entries- ornitologas noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitologė noun (expert in ornithology)
Manx
1 entries- eean-oayllee noun (expert in ornithology)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
Persian
1 entries- پرندهشناس noun (expert in ornithology)
Polish
1 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
Portuguese
2 entries- ornitóloga noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitólogo noun (expert in ornithology)
Romanian
2 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitologă noun (expert in ornithology)
Russian
1 entries- орнито́лог noun (expert in ornithology)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eun-eòlaiche noun (expert in ornithology)
Spanish
2 entries- ornitóloga noun (expert in ornithology)
- ornitólogo noun (expert in ornithology)
Swedish
1 entries- ornitolog noun (expert in ornithology)
Telugu
1 entries- విహంగ శాస్త్రవేత్త noun (expert in ornithology)
Thai
1 entries- นักปักษีวิทยา noun (expert in ornithology)
Turkish
1 entries- kuş bilimci noun (expert in ornithology)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhà điểu học noun (expert in ornithology)
Volapük
3 entries- bödavan noun (expert in ornithology)
- hibödavan noun (expert in ornithology)
- jibödavan noun (expert in ornithology)
Welsh
2 entries- adaregydd noun (expert in ornithology)
- adarydd noun (expert in ornithology)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָרניטאָלאָגיסט noun (expert in ornithology)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
According to an anecdote, a Hungarian ornithologist was invited to give a lecture on his field in East Germany, and a Hungarian student who studied there was asked to interpret. The lecture started, the first picture was shown, with the following words: "This is a hoopoe with perching legs and a double-feathered crest that can be made erect or decumbent.” The explanation was followed by an awkward silence and after long, painful minutes, the interpreter started to speak: “Vogel!” (bird).
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Olivia calls herself a bird-lover who hopes to one day become an ornithologist.
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Olivia said that a 19th century French-American ornithologist who painted and described the birds of North America in his book Birds of America was her inspiration.
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