Meaning

(intransitive, uncommon) To practise ornithology..

Example Sentences

I have pretty well finished ornithologizing this spring, and have done worse than ever.

I strongly suspect that this bird has been mistaken by naturalists, who have ornithologized in this section, for the common American raven (Corvus carnivorus), since it seems to me impossible that any one should remain here any length of time without seeing it; […]

In early summer, several years ago, we were ornithologizing in a beautiful clump of natural wood along a steep brae face, so well sheltered from the north and east, and with so sunny and southern an aspect, that it had been known to us for years as the very paradise of all sorts of singing-birds in the nesting season.

I have always followed my own sweet will in Prospect Park; sketched, botanized, ornithologized, entomologized as my whim dictated, and my whim dictates stronger than ever in the present emergency, could I only be on hand to humor it.

In the meantime, it would be a wise precaution for them to divert suspicion by wearing starched linen collars, neat cut-away coats, and, if possible, tall silk hats, while they are out in the woods botanizing or ornithologizing.

The party consisted of the authors and three students from the Throop Polytechnic Institute of Pasadena. One of these, Philip Finger, was Mr. Mailliard’s assistant; another, Joseph Dixon, Mr. Grinnell’s; while the third, Walter P. Taylor, ornithologized on his own account.

But he who rises so early misses a fine sport indeed—the exciting game of ornithologizing (is there such a companion word to botanizing?) in bed.

A lean man of fifty-five, with weak eyes and soft speech, he rakes shale on the road and botanizes, ornithologizes, geologizes and muses on the museum.

Word Forms

• ornithologizes
• ornithologizing
• ornithologized

When Should You Use Ornithologize?

Use ornithologize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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