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ornis

ornis noun: a bird.

Noun

ornis (plural ornithes)

  1. (formal) A bird.
  2. The birds collectively of a region; avifauna.
    • Baird then proceeds to treat of the eastward movement of American birds, and its influence on the ornis of Greenland and Europe, and vice versâ.1867, The record of zoological literature, volume 3, page 60

ornis meaning in Tamil

ornis in Tamil

திணைப்புள்

Forms of ornis

pluralornithes

Origin of ornis

From German Ornis, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”), Ancient Greek ὄρνιθος (órnithos, “bird”).

Questions about ornis

What does ornis mean?
Ornis means a bird.
What is ornis in Tamil?
Ornis in Tamil is திணைப்புள். See Ornis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ornis?
Ornis is a noun.
What is the plural of ornis?
The plural of ornis is ornithes.

Words near ornis in the dictionary

  1. ornifies
  2. ornify
  3. ornifying
  4. orning
  5. ornipressin
  6. ornis
  7. ornith-
  8. ornith.
  9. ornithes
  10. ornithic
  11. ornithichnite

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ornis (page history and authors); ornis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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