ornitoloģija

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Etymology

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Ultimately from modern Latin ornithologia, coined by Ulisse Aldrovandi from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος (ornithológos),[1] from ὄρνις (órnis) and λόγος (lógos) with the suffix -ία (-ía) (Latvian -ija).

Noun

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ornitoloģija f (4th declension)

  1. ornithology (science that studies birds)
    ornitoloģija ir bioloģijas nozareornithology is a branch of biology

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN