zoologist
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6.1
- noun
- /zuˈɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
:
zoólogo
- The zoologist discovered a new species of frog during her expedition in the rainforest.
- zoologist and botanist
Examples
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Christoph Rohner is a zoologist and writer who lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Academic text (2003) -
The term 'ecology' was coined by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866 (Stauffer, 1957).
Academic text (2018) -
You need a zoologist for that.
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One way to understand this is to imagine a zoologist presented with the body of an animal she has never seen before.
Academic text (1995) -
You see, my father was a marine zoologist.
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Sir, as a zoologist, it is my mission in life to make sure that all animals are protected especially the rare and exotic ones.
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One of them was zoologist Elmer Butler, who worked at the nearby Marine Biological Laboratory.
Academic text (1997) -
After decades of field observation, zoologist Dale F. Lott turned to literary portraiture to capture what he had seen.
Academic text (2002) -
As a zoologist, my purpose was to investigate the mating system of the park's 900 fallow deer.
Academic text (1991) -
In 1854, the zoologist Henrik Nikolaj Kroyer visited the United States as part of a longer trip.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
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3.5
A scientist who studies living things and where and how they live
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4.8
A person who studies plants and animals in nature
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3.7
A person who studies plants, animals, and where they live
A scientist who studies animals
A person who studies animals' bodies, behaviour, and care
How Specialized
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- Specialized
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8.3
- Specialized
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6.1
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3.5
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word zoologist begins with zoo, from Greek zoon, which means 'animal', and ends with -logist, meaning 'person who studies'. Think of zoo and biology, and you remember that a zoologist is a person who studies animals.