Ornithophily
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Ornithophily
the cross-pollination of flowers by birds (hummingbirds, sunbirds). Ornithophily characterizes mostly tropical plants.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive
In June 1909, the Journal of Zoophily, the organ of the AAVS, listed twelve arguments from the vivisectionist side as to "why vivisection is right," each manifestly flimsy.
White, "Is Vivisection Morally Justifiable?" Journal of Zoophily 4 (May 1895): 55-57.
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