animal scientist
- noun
- /ˈænɪməl ˈsaɪəntɪst/
- The effects of heat stress on the reproductive performance of beef cows have been discussed by many animal scientists in a variety of ways.
Examples
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All books provide additional references for further study and should be of interest to animal scientists, veterinarians, feed manufacturers and consultants, farmers, and students of these fields.
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Animal scientist Dwight Seman samples solutions from parabiotic chambers that simulate parts of a cow's stomach.
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Animal scientist and nutritionist Michael Power knows exactly what each animal receives.
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"We would have to start over if we changed the research environment now," says Gary D. Snowder, an ARS animal scientist at Dubois.
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The procedure doesn't harm the cow, but it gives animal scientists like Soder unprecedented access to the animal's digestive system.
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"Cows can seem ornery if they don't do what we want them to do," says Anderson, an ARS animal scientist in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Since the Jornada's beginning, animal scientists have worked to establish principles for proper grazing management by trying various tools to distribute cattle evenly over large pastures.
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Photo (color): Animal scientist Alfredo Gonzalez moves cattle as part of studies examining livestock grazing behaviors in desert landscapes.
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In the United States, hogs and poultry alone excrete enough waste each year to fill a train of railroad boxcars that would circle the Earth, according to estimates by University of Kentucky animal scientist Gary Cromwell.
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The animal scientist conducted extensive research on the breeding habits of endangered species.
Synonyms
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
A scientist who studies living things and where and how they live
A person who studies animals and how they live
A person who studies living things and how they work
A person who studies plants, animals, and where they live
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'specialist in the scientific study of animals' is directly compositional from 'animal' + 'scientist' and can be inferred by a B1 learner who knows both words. Noun–noun compounds expressing a specialization (scientist of X) are a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so the phrase is immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Animal scientist is a simple compound of animal and scientist. Imagine a researcher in a field or a lab watching animals, taking notes and doing tests, and that's why the term means 'an expert who studies animals, their bodies, behavior and how to care for them'.