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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who studies fossils; one versed in the scientific study of fossils; a paleontologist.

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

  • noun One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.

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  • noun One who is versed in the science of fossils.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a specialist in paleontology

Etymologies

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fossil +β€Ž -ist

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