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dysteleologist

dysteleologist noun: one who subscribes to the philosophy of dysteleology.

Noun

dysteleologist (plural dysteleologists)

  1. One who subscribes to the philosophy of dysteleology.
  2. An organism that frustrates a natural function, such as an insect that obtains honey by puncturing a nectary instead of by the floral opening.

Forms of dysteleologist

pluraldysteleologists

Origin of dysteleologist

From dysteleology + -ist.

Questions about dysteleologist

What does dysteleologist mean?
Dysteleologist means one who subscribes to the philosophy of dysteleology.
What part of speech is dysteleologist?
Dysteleologist is a noun.
What is the plural of dysteleologist?
The plural of dysteleologist is dysteleologists.

Words near dysteleologist in the dictionary

  1. dystectoid
  2. dystelectases
  3. dystelectasis
  4. dysteleologic
  5. dysteleological
  6. dysteleologist
  7. dysteleologists
  8. dysteleology
  9. Dyster
  10. Dysters
  11. dystextia

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