bird-watch

verb

bird-watched; bird-watching; bird-watches

Examples of bird-watch in a Sentence

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Argentine officials suggested the hantavirus outbreak could have originated from a bird-watching outing that took the deceased Dutch couple to a landfill, where they may have been exposed to rodents carrying the virus before boarding the ship, the Associated Press reported. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Ninety-six million Americans bird-watch, 58 million fish, and 14 million hunt. John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026 There is particular attention on a bird-watching trip in southern Argentina, which the first passenger to die took part in before joining the cruise. Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 12 May 2026 The bird-watching couple who were infected and went to the landfill also visited Patagonia, which is over a thousand miles north of the bird-watching site, according to health officials. ABC News, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bird-watch

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from bird-watcher

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bird-watch was in 1938

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“Bird-watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bird-watch. Accessed 24 May. 2026.

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