ornitho-

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Related to ornitho-: ornithologist, ornithology, Ornithophobia, Ornithomimus

ornitho-

(word root) bird

Examples of words with the root ornitho-: ornithology

ornitho-

or ornith-

pref.

Bird: ornithosis.

[New Latin ornītho-, from Greek, from ornīs, ornīth-, bird; see or- in Indo-European roots.]

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ornitho-

or before a vowel

ornith-

combining form

bird or birds: ornithology; ornithomancy; ornithopter; ornithoscopy; ornithosis.

[from Greek ornis, ornith- bird]

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ornitho-

a combining form meaning “bird”: ornithology.

Also, esp. before a vowel,ornith-.

[comb. form representing Greek ornīth- bird]

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