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  • noun Plural form of bioprospector.

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Examples

  • "bioprospectors" (Western specialists seeking new and profitable drugs from nature) to recruit indigenous peoples to identify local flora and describe their uses and healing properties.

    1. The global background 1997

  • IF CANNABIS were unknown, and bioprospectors were suddenly to find it in some remote mountain crevice, its discovery would no doubt be hailed as a medical breakthrough.

    The Speculist: Political Science 2006

  • I've met a couple, but by no means all, of the bioprospectors who work out of Taulau.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • There weren't that many independent bioprospectors working out of Taulau.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • I've met a couple, but by no means all, of the bioprospectors who work out of Taulau.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • There weren't that many independent bioprospectors working out of Taulau.

    Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • In many of those parks including Yellowstone, the main quarry of bioprospectors is bacteria.

    Ventura County Star Stories 2009

  • In many of those parks including Yellowstone, the main quarry of bioprospectors is bacteria.

    Statesman - AP Sports 2009

  • In many of those parks including Yellowstone, the main quarry of bioprospectors is bacteria.

    KSL / U.S. / National 2009

  • In many of those parks including Yellowstone, the main quarry of bioprospectors is bacteria.

    ajc.com - News 2009

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