ornithotomyn.

Brit.

/ɔːnᵻˈθɒtəmi/, U.S.

/ˌɔrnəˈθɑdəmi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -tomy comb. form.

Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -tomy comb. form. Compare French ornithotomie (1868 in Littré). Compare ornithotomist n.

Now rare.

The dissection of birds; the anatomy of birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > anatomy or dissection

ornithotomy1854

1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 73/1 An additional specific term in ornithotomy.

1904 Amer. Naturalist 38 846 It has been devoted to every department of ornithology and of ornithotomy and morphology.

Derivatives

† ornithotomical adj. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > birds > specific aspects

pterylographic1867

ornithotomical1875

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 728/1 The merest abstract of most of our present ornithotomical knowledge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ornithotomy
释义	ornithotomyn. Brit. /ɔːnᵻˈθɒtəmi/, U.S. /ˌɔrnəˈθɑdəmi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -tomy comb. form. Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -tomy comb. form. Compare French ornithotomie (1868 in Littré). Compare ornithotomist n. Now rare. The dissection of birds; the anatomy of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > anatomy or dissection ornithotomy1854 1854 R. Owen in Circle of Sci. (c1865) II. 73/1 An additional specific term in ornithotomy. 1904 Amer. Naturalist 38 846 It has been devoted to every department of ornithology and of ornithotomy and morphology. Derivatives † ornithotomical adj. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > birds > specific aspects pterylographic1867 ornithotomical1875 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 728/1 The merest abstract of most of our present ornithotomical knowledge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854
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