ornithon
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A building in which birds are kept; an aviary.
Examples
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Turtle-doves were fattened in large numbers for the market on wheat and millet, the latter being moistened with sweet wine; but thrushes were chiefly in request, and Varro mentions one ornithon from which no less than five thousand of these birds were sold for the table in one season.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 Austria, Lower to Bacon
Note
The word 'ornithon' comes from a Greek root meaning 'bird'.
