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ammonitologist

ammonitologist noun: a paleobiologist or researcher specializing in the study of ammonites.

Noun

ammonitologist (plural ammonitologists)

  1. A paleobiologist or researcher specializing in the study of ammonites.
    • Arkell was a Jurassic ammonitologist with immense personal experience.1984, Edward T. Tozer, The Trias and Its Ammonoids The Evolution of a Time Scale, page 23
    • However, a clearly distinctive element is the ammonitella, which is now the focus of attention of many ammonitologists.1996, Cyprian Kulick, “Ammonoid Shell Microstructure”, in Kazushige Tanabe, Neil H. Landman, Richard Arnold Davis, editors, Ammonoid Paleobiology, page 95

Forms of ammonitologist

pluralammonitologists

Origin of ammonitologist

From ammonite + -ologist.

Questions about ammonitologist

What does ammonitologist mean?
Ammonitologist means a paleobiologist or researcher specializing in the study of ammonites.
What part of speech is ammonitologist?
Ammonitologist is a noun.
What is the plural of ammonitologist?
The plural of ammonitologist is ammonitologists.

Words near ammonitologist in the dictionary

  1. ammonitids
  2. ammonitiferous
  3. ammonitinan
  4. Ammonitish
  5. ammonitological
  6. ammonitologist
  7. ammonitologists
  8. ammonitology
  9. ammonitrate
  10. ammonitrates
  11. ammonium

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