Definitions
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- n. An avifauna; a bird.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An avifauna; the fauna of a region in so far as it is composed of birds: as, the ornis of South America; a rich and varied ornis.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Outo to proton agprion ti zoon ebrothe kai kakourgon, eit ornis tis e ichthus eilkusto kai geusamenon outo kai promeletesan en ekeinois to thonikon epi boun ergaten elthe kai to kosmion probaton kai ton oikouron alektruona kai kata mikron outo ten aplestian stomosantes epi sphagas anthropon kai polemous kai phonous proelthon. —
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In Varro's time, 116-127 B.C., aviaries or "ornithones" (from Gr. [Greek: ornis, ornithos], bird) were common.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
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[255] The Greek word for _omen_ is the same as that for _bird_ -- [Greek: ornis].
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[290] Orneae, a city in Argolis ([Greek: ornis] in Greek means a bird).
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Outo to proton agprion ti zoon ebrothe kai kakourgon, eit ornis tis e ichthus eilkusto kai geusamenon outo kai promeletesan en ekeinois to thonikon epi boun ergaten elthe kai to kosmion probaton kai ton oikouron alektruona kai kata mikron outo ten aplestian stomosantes epi sphagas anthropon kai polemous kai phonous proelthon.
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Avernus, the Infernal Regions, Hell, Hades, is an a-negative word, combining a - and ornis ` bird, 'so that Avernus is a place without birds.
missanthropist commented on the word ornis
Greek Bird.
July 9, 2008