Definition of: auspex

(ôs′peks) noun plural aus·pi·ces (ôs′pə·sēz)
An augur, soothsayer, or diviner of ancient Rome; especially, one who observed and interpreted the omens connected with the flight, singing, cries, or feeding, etc., of birds; a bird-viewer. [<L auspex < avis bird + specere look at, observe]