Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is versed in zoölogy; a biologist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who is well versed in zoölogy.

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  • noun Person who studies zoology.

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  • noun a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals

Etymologies

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zoology +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • He recalled the zoologist's eyes the evening before, full of mockery and disgust.

    The Duel and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • There is no better example of the kind of zoologist who does first-class field-work in the wilderness than John D. Haseman, who spent from 1907 to 1910 in painstaking and thorough scientific investigation over a large extent of South American territory hitherto only partially known or quite unexplored.

    Appendix A. The Work of the Field Zoologist and Field Geographer in South America 1914

  • There is no better example of the kind of zoologist who does first - class field-work in the wilderness than John D. Haseman, who spent from 1907 to 1910 in painstaking and thorough scientific investigation over a large extent of South American territory hitherto only partially known or quite unexplored.

    Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

  • The shy fish has been named the Glyphis garricki after the New Zealand zoologist Jack Garrick, who identified it.

    Conservationists discover more than 1,000 species in New Guinea 2011

  • Legs at 0.14 do seem pale and I think the call sounds like a deep nasal laugh : so I'll go for the species named after German zoologist Karl Michahelles.and petemoulton said:One other thing: the red gonydeal spot is kind of smeary, and seems to extend a bit onto the upper mandible.

    Mystery bird: yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis 2011

  • The traces of blood it left were examined by zoologist KW Damerman who concluded that it was not from a bear, gibbon or human.

    On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011

  • Sigourney Weaver, who has played both gorilla-defending zoologist Dian Fossey and a nature-protecting scientist in "Avatar," walked the green carpet at the event, which raised $1.5 million.

    After Being Blue, 'Avatar' Actress Sees Green 2011

  • Specialize to Survive: According to optimistic zoologist and author Matt Ridley, we humans are in it for the long haul thanks to some unique behaviors (no, it wasn't our big brains that got us this far).

    News Junkies 2010

  • Nicholas Tinbergen, British biologist/zoologist, dedicated the majority of his Nobel acceptance speech to it in 1973. some other notable advocates include

    The Alexander Technique Provides Short-Term Relief From Back Pain | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • The brainchild of Harvard zoologist Harold Jefferson Coolidge, a blue-blooded descendant of Thomas Jefferson, the Information Exchange of the Emergency Rescue Equipment Section ERE, despite its more far-fetched investigations, managed to come up with some useful ideas for agent paraphernalia.

    A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

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