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PRONUNCIATION OF ORNITHOPHILY

ornithophily  [ˌɔːnɪˈθɒfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORNITHOPHILY

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Ornithophily is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORNITHOPHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ornithophily

Ornithophily

Ornithophily or bird pollination is the pollination of flowering plants by birds. This coevolutionary association is derived from insect pollination and is particularly well developed in some parts of the world, especially in the tropics and on some island chains. The association involves several distinctive plant adaptations forming a "pollination syndrome". The plants typically have colourful, often red, flowers with long tubular structures holding ample nectar and orientations of the stamen and stigma that ensure contact with the pollinator. Birds involved in ornithophily tend to be specialist nectarivores with brushy tongues, long bills, capable of hovering flight or are light enough to perch on the flower structures.

Definition of ornithophily in the English dictionary

The definition of ornithophily in the dictionary is pollination of flowers by birds.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORNITHOPHILY


acarophily
ˌækəˈrɒfɪlɪ
anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
arctophily
ɑːkˈtɒfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
cartophily
kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪ
entomophily
ˌɛntəˈmɒfɪlɪ
halophily
hæˈlɒfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
malacophily
ˌmæləˈkɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
myophily
maɪˈɒfɪlɪ
myrmecophily
ˌmɜːmɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
psychophily
saɪˈkɒfɪlɪ
sclerophylly
sklɪərˈɒfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ
toxophily
tɒkˈsɒfɪlɪ
xerophily
zɪəˈrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORNITHOPHILY

ornithoid
ornithol.
ornithologic
ornithological
ornithologically
ornithologist
ornithology
ornithomancy
ornithomantic
ornithomorph
ornithomorphic
ornithophilous
ornithophobia
ornithopod
ornithopter
ornithorhynchus
ornithosaur
ornithoscopy
ornithoses
ornithosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORNITHOPHILY

gushily
healthily
lengthily
maximaphily
notaphily
oenophily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
sketchily
stealthily
symphily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of ornithophily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ornithophily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORNITHOPHILY

Find out the translation of ornithophily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ornithophily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ornithophily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ornithophily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ornitofilia
570 millions of speakers

English

ornithophily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओर्निथोफिली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ornithophily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ornithophily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ornitofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অরনিথোফিলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ornithophily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ornithophily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ornithophily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ornithophily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ornithophily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ornithophily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ornithophily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்னிதோஃபிலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑन्थोफिली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ornithophily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ornithophily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ornithophily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ornithophily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ornithophily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ornithophily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ornithophily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ornithophily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ornithophily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ornithophily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORNITHOPHILY»

The term «ornithophily» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.408 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORNITHOPHILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ornithophily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ornithophily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ornithophily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORNITHOPHILY»

Discover the use of ornithophily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ornithophily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ornithophily
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ornithophily or Bird Pollination is the pollination of flowering plants by birds.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
2
Bird Feeding: Bird Feeding, Ornithophily, Bird Feeder, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books LLC, 2010
3
Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction
In contrast, a shift out of the melittophily vortex into the ornithophily vortex would require escaping from those stabilizing forces and coming under the influence of a qualitatively new attractor. Differences in Pollinator Quality as Well as Quantity:  ...
Spencer C. H. Barrett, 2008
4
Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful
One particularly specialized type of food reward system, known as ornithophily, is adapted specifically to attract nectar-feeding birds. Ornithophilous, or hummingbird, flowers have no smell; they are of a brickred monocolor, are trumpet-shaped ...
George R. McGhee, 2011
5
Pollination Ecology and the Rain Forest: Sarawak Studies
Interestingly, characteristics of the three Durio species observed are intermediate between ornithophily and chiropterophily. Flowers of D. grandiflorus are white, faint smelling, large-mouthed, single flowers with diurnal anthesis: two of these ...
David Roubik, Shoko Sakai, Abg Abdul Hamid, 2006
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Pollination and Floral Ecology
Bird Flowers and ornithophily 5. overview Bird pollination or ornithophily is a widespread phenomenon, underappreciated in early literature as it is absent in Europe; but it is familiar through much of the United States and as far north as Alaska ...
Pat Willmer, 2011
7
Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds
the developing fly. From Peterson (1981). completely known—approximately 37 % of anautogenous black flies are ornithophilic compared to 63% that are mammalophilic (Adler et al. 2004). The incidence of ornithophily increases with latitude, ...
Carter T. Atkinson, Nancy J. Thomas, D. Bruce Hunter, 2009
8
Dictionary of Plant Breeding, Second Edition
... nonornamental uses for plants hort ornamentals: >>> ornamental plant ornithogamy: >>> ornithophily ornithophilous: >>> ornithophily ornithophily: Pollination by birds bot Orobanchaceae: A family of totally parasitic herbs; often, specific root ...
Rolf H. J. Schlegel, 2009
9
Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Lamiales (Except ...
... visited by long-proboscid flies. Bird pollination (ornithophily) occurs in the palaeotropical and neotropical Gesneriaceae (Fig. 16A-I), as well as in the southern hemisphere Gesneriaceae (Rhabdothamnus, Mitraria, Sarmienta, Asteranthera).
Joachim W. Kadereit, 2004
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Evolution of Pollination and Breeding Systems of Antillean ...
The results of this study provide evidence for a less common evolutionary trend: the repeated origin of floral traits associated with generalized pollination derived from ornithophily. Bat pollination also evolves from ornithophily. Thus, in ...
Silvana Marten Rodriguez, 2008

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORNITHOPHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ornithophily is used in the context of the following news items.
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These Flowers Have an Ingenious Pollination Mechanism
But ornithophily—as bird pollination is called—is known to occur in more than 500 genera of flowering plants. Many of them grow on ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 14»
2
Earliest Evidence of Flower Pollination by Birds Unearthed
The new find pushes back the onset of ornithophily, or bird pollination, by about 17 million years, researchers say. To pollinate, most species of ... «LiveScience.com, May 14»
3
47-million-year-old fossil of hummingbird ancestor found - and it still …
'To date, there are no fossil plants from this geological era that offer proof of the existence of ornithophily, the pollination of flowers through birds ... «Daily Mail, May 14»
4
Kerala's Birdman
So he suggested I get into ornithophily.” Sugathan was soon on his way. On a student exchange programme, with Salim Ali as his guide, ... «The Hindu, Jun 13»
5
Quand des oiseaux européens se nourrissent du nectar des fleurs
Some European birds can play a role of pollinators even if ornithophily is much less common than in others parts of the world. The nectar ... «Ornithomedia, Apr 12»

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