ornithic, a.
(ɔːˈnɪθɪk)
[ad. Gr. ὀρνῑθικός bird-like, f. ὄρνις bird. So mod.F. ornithique (1875 in Littré).]
Of, or pertaining to, birds; characteristic of birds; of the bird kind; avian.
| 1854 Owen in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 226 Retaining its ornithic type. 1865 Reader 29 July 123/3 The ornithic character of the cast of the brain-cavity. 1896 Newton Dict. Birds Introd. 21 The ornithic portion of the Fauna of any particular country. |
b. Dealing with or skilled in birds.
| a 1876 M. Collins Th. in Garden (1880) II. 99 A point I am not ornithic enough to explain. 1881 Ruskin Love's Meinie I. iii. 126 You will scarcely find in any ornithic manual more than a sentence..about their hearing. |