ornithoscopy
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editornithoscopy (uncountable)
- birdwatching
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, "Modern Superstition"", in Blackwood's Magazine
- Meantime , speaking of ornithoscopy in relation to Jews , I remember another story in that subdivision of the subject which it may be worth while repeating
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, "Modern Superstition"", in Blackwood's Magazine
References
edit“ornithoscopy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.