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Or`ni*thoid*ich"nite (?), n.
[Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. &?; footstep, track.]
(Paleon.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird.
Hitchcock.

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.

{ Or`ni*tho*log"ic (?), Or`ni*tho*log"ic*al (?),
} a. [Cf. F. ornithologique.] Of or
pertaining to ornithology.

Or`ni*thol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F.
ornithologiste.] One skilled in ornithology; a student of
ornithology; one who describes birds.

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.

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