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chiropterologist

/kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/US/kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/

chiropterologist noun: someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).

Noun

chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)

  1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
    • Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto.2001, Kathleen Meyer, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife, Villard, →ISBN, page 88
    • The older man introduced himself as Otto. The other two were Fabio and Gunther. They were chiropterologists he explained from Erlangen University in Germany.2021 March 12, Jack Ewing, “WHAT ON EARTH IS A CHIROPTEROLOGIST?”, in Quepolandia, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2024

Synonyms of chiropterologist

Forms of chiropterologist

pluralchiropterologists

Origin of chiropterologist

From translingual Chiroptera + -logist, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -logist, by surface analysis, chiro- + ptero- + -logist.

Questions about chiropterologist

What does chiropterologist mean?
Chiropterologist means someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
What part of speech is chiropterologist?
Chiropterologist is a noun.
How do you pronounce chiropterologist?
Chiropterologist is pronounced /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/ (US).
What is the plural of chiropterologist?
The plural of chiropterologist is chiropterologists.

Words near chiropterologist in the dictionary

  1. chiroptero-
  2. chiropterochoric
  3. chiropterochorous
  4. chiropterochorously
  5. chiropterochory
  6. chiropterologist
  7. chiropterologists
  8. chiropterology
  9. chiropterophilia
  10. chiropterophilic
  11. chiropterophilous

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