mammalogist
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- noun
- /ˌmæməˈlɑdʒɪst/
- Specialized
- During her studies, the mammalogist discovered several new species of bats in the rainforest.
- Society of Mammalogists
- American Society of Mammalogists
Examples
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At the conference, a well-known mammalogist presented his findings on the effects of climate change on polar bears.
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The marine mammalogist observed dolphins interacting in their natural habitat during the research expedition.
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Above right: Mammalogist Robert Voss.
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To find a reason that the world needs both more taxonomists and better training for them, mammalogist Michael Mares, director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, has only to open a drawer.
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That may have been the intended storyline in the 1950s, when the hall opened, but mammalogists have since discovered that, under certain conditions, females can affect the outcome.
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The activities of the GMA, therefore, are reaching out to mammalogists throughout the world; helping to connect experts within their discipline; and creating opportunities for training, a greater knowledge base, and enhanced scientific integration.
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The next expedition is scheduled for spring 1996, when Murphy and Currie hope to be joined by mammalogists who will broaden the field survey to include small mammals.
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In northeastern Peru, museum mammalogists tap local knowledge to catalog the fauna of the rainforest.
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Ross D. E. MacPhee, the hall's curator and a mammalogist at the Museum, explains why these spectacular natural history dioramas can't be beat by television or the Internet:
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From 1994 to 1999, Beever revisited 24 locations in the Great Basin where pikas had been observed between 1898 and 1947, either by noted mammalogist E. Raymond Hall or by other scientists.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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3.5
A scientist who studies living things and where and how they live
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6.1
A person who studies animals and how they live
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3.9
A person who studies animals' bodies, behaviour, and care
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mammalogist comes from mammal, which comes from the old word mamma meaning 'breast' because these animals feed milk to their young, and from -logist, which means 'one who studies'. So, a mammalogist is a scientist who studies mammals.