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ornithotomy

ornithotomy noun: the anatomy or dissection of birds.

Noun

ornithotomy (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The anatomy or dissection of birds.

Origin of ornithotomy

From ornitho- + -tomy.

Words formed from ornithotomy

Questions about ornithotomy

What does ornithotomy mean?
Ornithotomy means the anatomy or dissection of birds.
What part of speech is ornithotomy?
Ornithotomy is a noun.

Words near ornithotomy in the dictionary

  1. ornithothoracine
  2. ornithothoracines
  3. ornithotic
  4. ornithotomist
  5. ornithotomists
  6. ornithotomy
  7. ornithsichian
  8. ornithuran
  9. ornithurans
  10. ornithurine
  11. ornithurines

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