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A one-handed birdwatcher.
Jermaine: Most ornithologists hold those heavy binoculars with two hands, don't they?
Ace: Yeah, and most of them look at birds of the feathered type too. Not pornithologists, though - they have, erm, a different focus...
by Grollace&Womit February 04, 2010
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Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.
cooking with fire is lindy
by mmebs June 13, 2021
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A scientist who uses bio-acoustics to study the breeding behaviors of birds.
UC Davis Professor Gail Patricelli, a professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology, will present her talk on “Tools of the Pornithologists” from 7 to 7:25 p.m.
by Paw Paw Gumdrops April 11, 2018
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