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ornithophagous
Nov. 7th, 2024 07:27 amornithophagous - (zoo.) adj., bird-eating.
Which seems almost as oddly specific as saurophagous, but some raptors (such as snowy owls) are specialized to prey on other birds. The stem is from Ancient Greek as usual, in this case órnis, bird, which has the combining form órnith- (the Latin equivalent is avis/avi-).
---L.
Which seems almost as oddly specific as saurophagous, but some raptors (such as snowy owls) are specialized to prey on other birds. The stem is from Ancient Greek as usual, in this case órnis, bird, which has the combining form órnith- (the Latin equivalent is avis/avi-).
---L.
