Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ornithophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-nithophilic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

That feeds on birds.

Example Sentences

"In countries such as the US, bird-feeding, birdwatching, and other types of ornithophilic behaviour form the basis of huge conservation efforts, in tandem with science."
"When the birds leave their breeding sites in the autumn the mosquito turns to humans. The London Underground molestus are not ornithophilic. We have nothing to fear from them."
"Unlike the alphaviruses that produce arthritis, human cases occur in an epizootic from an enzootic cycle involving passerine birds and ornithophilic mosquitoes."

Etymology

From ornitho- + -philic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ornitho
Suffix: philic

Inflected Forms

more ornithophilic (comparative) most ornithophilic (superlative)

Synonyms

aviphilic bird-loving

Questions

What does ornithophilic mean?: Fond of birds.
Where does ornithophilic come from?: From ornitho- + -philic.

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