Or*nate", v. t. To adorn; to honor. [R.]

They may ornate and sanctify the name of God.

Latimer.

Or*nate"ly, adv. In an ornate manner. Sir T. More.

Or*nate"ness, n. The quality of being ornate.

Or"na*ture (?), n. [L. ornatura.] Decoration; ornamentation. [R.]

Holinshed.

Or*nith"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;, &?;, a bird.] Of or pertaining to birds;

as, ornithic fossils. Owen.

Or`nith*ich"nite (?), n. [Ornitho- + Gr. &?; track.] (Paleon.) The

footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone. Hitchcock.

Or`nith*ich*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Ornitho- + ichnology.] (Paleon.) The

branch of science which treats of ornithichnites. Hitchcock.

Ornitho-. [Cf. Ern.] A combining form fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a bird.

||Or*ni`tho*del"phi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; + &?; the womb.]

||Same as Monotremata. - - Or`ni*tho*del"phid (#), a.

Or`ni*thoid*ich"nite (?), n. [Ornitho- + -oid + Gr. &?; footstep,

track.] (Paleon.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird. Hitchcock.

Or*nith"o*lite (?), n. [Ornitho- + -lite.] (Paleon.) (a) The fossil

remains of a bird. (b) A stone of various colors bearing the figures of

birds.

{ Or`ni*tho*log"ic (?), Or`ni*tho*log"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.

ornithologique.] Of or pertaining to ornithology.

Or`ni*thol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. ornithologiste.] One skilled in

ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

Or`ni*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Ornitho- + -logy: cf. F. ornithologie.] 1.

That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and

their classification.

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