Definition of Ornithophobia Ornithophobia: An abnormal and
persistent fear of birds. Sufferers from ornithophobia
experience undue anxiety about encountering and even being
attacked by birds although they may realize their fears are
quite irrational. Ornithophobia was epitomized in a 1963 film
scripted by the novelist Daphne Du Maurier and the detective
story writer Evan Hunter and directed by the inimicable Alfred
Hitchcock -- The Birds. Birds suddenly start attacking people in
ever-greater numbers and ever-greater viciousness in this
memorable and very frightening movie. The word "ornithophobia"
is derived from the Greek and "ornithos" (bird) and "phobos"
(fear).Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary Last Editorial
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