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ornithoscopy

noun
or·​ni·​thos·​co·​py | \ -pÄ“\
plural -es

Definition of ornithoscopy

1 : ornithomancy
2 : bird-watching would alternate ornithoscopy with entomology— Rose Macaulay

History and Etymology for ornithoscopy

Greek ornithoskopia, from ornithoskopos predicting by observing the flight of birds (from ornith- + skopos observer—from skopein to view, watch—) + -ia -y

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