adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds; avian.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From Hellenistic Greek ὀρνιθικός of or for birds from ancient Greek ὀρνιθ-, ὄρνις bird + -ικός.
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