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bugologist

bugologist

9.6
A scientist who studies insects like beetles and butterflies
  • noun
  • /bʌɡˈɑlədʒɪst/
  • Slang
translation icon : biólogo de insectos
  • The bugologist identified hundreds of different beetles during her research trip.

Examples

  • At the museum, a bugologist gave a fascinating talk about butterflies and their habitat.

  • My son wants to become a bugologist when he grows up because he loves insects.

  • A bugologist studies insects.

  • Tim is a bugologist.

  • At the museum, a bugologist gave a fascinating talk about butterflies and their habitat.

  • The bugologist identified hundreds of different beetles during her research trip.

  • My son wants to become a bugologist when he grows up because he loves insects.

Synonyms

entomologist
vsbugologist
  • Specialized
13 8.1

A person who studies insects like beetles and butterflies

is an informal label used instead of the formal specialist term
bug-hunter
vsbugologist
6.5

A person who studies insects like beetles

is an informal name for the specialist scientist, not a general animal scientist

Surface Forms

bugologist singular
bugologists plural

Morphology

bugologist = bug (transparent) = bug + ologist

The word is transparently built from 'bug' plus the agentive/study-related suffix '-ologist', meaning a person who studies bugs.

Etymology

Bugologist is a playful mix of bug and the ending -ologist, like in biologist, where bug means 'insect' and -ologist means 'one who studies'. So a bugologist is an informal name for a scientist who studies insects.