bird-watch

verb

bird-watched; bird-watching; bird-watches

Examples of bird-watch in a Sentence

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Ninety-six million Americans bird-watch, 58 million fish, and 14 million hunt. John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 There is particular attention on a bird-watching trip in southern Argentina, which the first passenger to die took part in before joining the cruise. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 12 May 2026 The bird-watching couple who were infected and went to the landfill also visited Patagonia, which is over a thousand miles north of the bird-watching site, according to health officials. ABC News, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bird-watch

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from bird-watcher

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bird-watch was in 1938

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“Bird-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bird-watch. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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