Ornitho-
(Ornitho-). [Cf. Ern.] A combining form fr. Gr. a bird.
Ornithodelphia
(||Or*ni`tho*del"phi*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. + the womb.] Same as Monotremata. - -
Or`ni*tho*del"phid a.
Ornithoidichnite
(Or`ni*thoid*ich"nite) n. [Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. footstep, track.] (Paleon.) A fossil track
resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock.
Ornitholite
(Or*nith"o*lite) n. [Ornitho- + -lite.] (Paleon.) (a) The fossil remains of a bird. (b) A stone
of various colors bearing the figures of birds.
Ornithologic
(Or`ni*tho*log"ic Or`ni*tho*log"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. ornithologique.] Of or pertaining to ornithology.
Ornithologist
(Or`ni*thol"o*gist) n. [Cf. F. ornithologiste.] One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one
who describes birds.
Ornithology
(Or`ni*thol"o*gy) n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.]
1. That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.
2. A treatise or book on this science.
Ornithomancy
(Or*nith"o*man`cy) n. [Gr. a bird + divination: cf. F. ornithomancie.] Divination by means
of birds, their flight, etc.
Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science.
De Quincey. Ornithon
(||Or*ni"thon) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. a bird.] An aviary; a poultry house. Weale.
Ornithopappi
(||Or*ni`tho*pap"pi) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a bird + an ancestor.] (Zoöl.) An extinct order of
birds. It includes only the Archæopteryx.
Ornithopoda
(||Or`ni*thop"o*da) n. pl. [NL. See Ornitho-, and -poda.] (Paleon.) An order of herbivorous
dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some
genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust.
in Appendix.
Ornithorhynchus
(||Or`ni*tho*rhyn"chus) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a bird + snout, beak.] (Zoöl.) See Duck mole,
under Duck.
Ornithosauria
(||Or*ni`tho*sau"ri*a) n. pl. [NL. See Ornitho-, and Sauria.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct
flying reptiles; — called also Pterosauria.
Ornithoscelida
(||Or*ni`tho*scel"i*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a bird + a leg.] (Zoöl.) A group of extinct Reptilia,
intermediate in structure (especially with regard to the pelvis) between reptiles and birds. — Or`ni*tho*scel"i*dan
a.
Ornithoscopy
(Or`ni*thos"co*py) n. [Ornitho- + -scopy: cf. Gr. divination from birds.] Observation of
birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey.
Ornithotomical
(Or`ni*tho*tom"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to ornithotomy.
Ornithotomist
(Or`ni*thot"o*mist) n. One who is skilled in ornithotomy.
Ornithotomy
(Or`ni*thot"o*my) n. [Gr. a bird + to cut.] The anatomy or dissection of birds.
Orographic
(Or`o*graph"ic Or`o*graph"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to orography.