entomologist
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- noun
- /ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
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entomólogo
- Dr. Brad Crane, an entomologist, gave a lecture on the role of insects in our ecosystem.
With my job as forensic entomologist, I use these tiny witnesses to give justice to victims.
- With my job as forensic entomologist, I use these tiny witnesses to give justice to victims.
Examples
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Williams, the team leader, is an entomologist at the ARS Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research Laboratory in Gainesville, Florida.
Academic text (1994) -
Something very special for the young entomologist.
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I though you wanted to be an entomologist.
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An amateur entomologist, you might say.
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Meanwhile, another entomologist has stopped at the entrance table to have the young woman circle his name.
Fiction book (1996) -
With my job as forensic entomologist, I use these tiny witnesses to give justice to victims.
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Dr. Hunter is a medical entomologist and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, Canada.
Academic text (2012) -
Several medical entomologists became active during this period in Ecuador.
Academic text (2012) -
And on August 17, entomologist James E. Wright showed 20 cotton growers how well the fungus performed.
Academic text (1994) -
The worms are shipped to entomologists at Ohio State University in Columbus for final identification.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
A scientist who studies insects like beetles and butterflies
A person who studies insects like beetles
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
entomologist = entomology (semi-transparent) = entomo + log + ist
The word is formed regularly from the technical noun 'entomology' plus the agentive suffix '-ist', but the base term itself is specialized.
Etymology
The word entomologist comes from Greek parts entomo- meaning 'insect', like 'bug', and -logist meaning 'one who studies', the same -logist in biologist. So an entomologist is a scientist who studies insects.