birdlore
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːd.lɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝd.lɔɹ/
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Noun[edit]
birdlore (uncountable)
- The knowledge, science, or study of birds; ornithology.
- 1983, Pacific islands monthly, volume 55:
- The Birds and Birdlore of Samoa sets out with admirable objectives: [...]
- 2005, Sarah R. Jackson, Texas woman of letters, Karle Wilson Baker:
- In her non-technical approach to birdlore, and in her frank delight in every personal discovery of well-known scientific facts, Mrs. Baker writes nature essays much in the manner of John Burroughs, [...]