dipterist
dipterist noun: an entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (true flies).
Noun
dipterist (plural dipterists)
- An entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (true flies).
- It must be very gratifying to Mr. Walker to hear the dictum of the great Dipterist of Posen, Professor Loew, that the arrangement “adopted by Mr. Walker is one of the best, or even the best, systematic arrangement of the Diptera that has yet been proposed."1857, Henry Tibbats Stainton (editor), Review of Francis Walker, Insecta Britannica - Diptera, Volume 3, in The Entomologist's Annual, page 170
- This catalog is the work of a devoted band of dipterists in the Entomology Research Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, assisted by more than 40 collaborators, each of them a specialist on some particular group of flies.2004, Howard Ensign Evans, The Man Who Loved Wasps: A Howard Ensign Evans Reader, page 88
- Synonyms:
- dipterologist
Synonyms of dipterist
Forms of dipterist
| plural | dipterists |
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Origin of dipterist
From translingual Diptera + -ist.
Questions about dipterist
- What does dipterist mean?
- Dipterist means an entomologist who specializes in the order Diptera (true flies).
- What part of speech is dipterist?
- Dipterist is a noun.
- What is the plural of dipterist?
- The plural of dipterist is dipterists.
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