English words starting with orn - page 1

Meanings of Ornithogeographic:

adjective

Of or relating to the geographical distribution of birds; of or relating to ornithogeography.

Meanings of Ornithogeographical:

adjective

= ornithogeographic .

Meanings of Ornithoid:

adjective

Resembling a bird in structure; like that of a bird; (of fossil eggs) having shells like those of birds' eggs.

Meanings of Ornitholestes:

noun

A genus of small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaurs (coelurosaurs) of the jurassic period; (also ornitholestes) a dinosaur of this genus.

Meanings of Ornitholite:

noun

A fossil formed from the remains of a bird.

Meanings of Ornithologic:

adjective

Ornithological.

Meanings of Ornithological:

adjective

Relating to the study of birds

Usage examples:

She works as a sketch artist for an ornithological magazine., he led several ornithological expedit…

Meanings of Ornithologist:

noun

A person who studies or is an expert on birds.

Usage examples:

He was a keen ornithologist, a passion which helped him cope with his ferocious workload.

Meanings of Ornithologists:

noun

A person who studies or is an expert on birds.

Usage examples:

He was a keen ornithologist, a passion which helped him cope with his ferocious workload.

Meanings of Ornithology:

noun

The scientific study of birds.

Usage examples:

This fresh autobiographical study in amateur ornithology may be one of the first birding romance no…

Meanings of Ornithomancy:

noun

Divination by means of the flight and cries of birds; augury.

Meanings of Ornithomimid:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating dinosaurs of the theropod family ornithomimidae of the late jurassic and cretaceous periods, members of which (such as ornithomimus) were bipedal with a slender, somewhat ostrich-like body.

noun

A dinosaur of the family ornithomimidae.

Meanings of Ornithomimus:

noun

A genus of small bipedal theropod dinosaurs of the late cretaceous period, with a slender, somewhat ostrich-like body; (also ornithomimus) a dinosaur of this genus.

Meanings of Ornithomorphic:

adjective

Having the form and appearance of a bird; birdlike.

Meanings of Ornithophile:

noun

A lover of birds.

Meanings of Ornithophilous:

adjective

Of a plant: pollinated by birds.

Meanings of Ornithophily:

noun

Pollination by birds.

Meanings of Ornithopod:

noun

A mainly bipedal herbivorous dinosaur.

Usage examples:

The ornithopods, for example, depended on fleetness of foot and acute sight and hearing.

Meanings of Ornithopter:

noun

A machine designed to achieve flight by means of flapping wings.

Usage examples:

In collaboration with sri international in menlo park, california, they are developing ornithopters…

Meanings of Ornithorhynchous:

adjective

Shaped like a bird's beak; having a beak like that of a bird.

Meanings of Ornithorhynchus:

adjective

Shaped like a bird's beak; having a beak like that of a bird.

Meanings of Ornithoscopy:

noun

Observation of birds for the purpose of divination; augury.

Meanings of Ornithosis:

noun

Another term for psittacosis.