ornithoscopy

noun

or·​ni·​thos·​co·​py

-pē

plural -es

1

: ornithomancy

2

: bird-watching

would alternate ornithoscopy with entomology

—Rose Macaulay

Word History

Etymology

Greek ornithoskopia, from ornithoskopos predicting by observing the flight of birds (from ornith- + skopos observer—from skopein to view, watch—) + -ia -y

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