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ornithophobe

ornithophobe noun: one who exhibits ornithophobia, the fear of birds.

Noun

ornithophobe (plural ornithophobes)

  1. One who exhibits ornithophobia, the fear of birds.
    • Oddly enough, eagles, hawks, and other large birds of prey are not the birds that typically terrify ornithophobes. Instead, pigeons are most often cited as triggering phobic reactions.1992, Don Nardo, Anxiety and Phobias, page 56

Forms of ornithophobe

pluralornithophobes

Origin of ornithophobe

From ornitho- + -phobe.

Questions about ornithophobe

What does ornithophobe mean?
Ornithophobe means one who exhibits ornithophobia, the fear of birds.
What part of speech is ornithophobe?
Ornithophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of ornithophobe?
The plural of ornithophobe is ornithophobes.

Words near ornithophobe in the dictionary

  1. ornithophilic
  2. ornithophilist
  3. ornithophilists
  4. ornithophilous
  5. ornithophily
  6. ornithophobe
  7. ornithophobes
  8. ornithophobia
  9. ornithophobic
  10. ornithopod
  11. ornithopodan

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