Audubon
[ aw-duh-bon, -buh n ]
/ ˈɔ dəˌbɒn, -bən /
noun
John James,1785–1851,
U.S. naturalist who painted and wrote about the birds of North America.
Example sentences from the Web for audubon
British Dictionary definitions for audubon
Audubon
/ (ˈɔːdəˌbɒn) /
noun
John James. 1785–1851, US naturalist and artist, noted particularly for his paintings of birds in Birds of America (1827–38)
Scientific definitions for audubon
Audubon
[ ô′də-bŏn′ ]
American ornithologist and artist. His effort to catalog every species of bird in the United States resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827-1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.