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entomologist

entomologist noun: a scientist who studies insects.

Noun

entomologist (plural entomologists)

  1. A scientist who studies insects.
    • The noted entomologist Charles W. Woodworth suggested the use of Drosophila melanogaster for genetic studies.
    • He kindly offered me a room during my stay in Amboyna, and introduced me to his junior, Dr. Doleschall, a Hungarian and also an entomologist.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 458

entomologist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Vietnamese

entomologist in Hindi

scientist who studies insects
कीटविज्ञानी kīṭvijñānī

entomologist in Tamil

பூச்சியியலர், பூச்சியில் வல்லுநர், பூச்சி இயலா, பூச்சியியல் நிபுணர், பூச்சியியல் வல்லுநர்

entomologist in Tagalog

scientist who studies insects
dalubkulisap

entomologist in Vietnamese

scientist who studies insects
nhà côn trùng học

Examples of entomologist in a sentence

  • DENR entomologists recall that beetle infestation of the agohos is similar to another which killed thousands of pine trees in Benguet in 1981.1989, The Philippine Lumberman, volume 35:
  • Colorado stood at the brink of an outbreak that another Forest Service entomologist would dub “Beetlegeddon.”2012, Michael Lanza, Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks, page 104:
  • An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift.2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN, archived...
  • The team, made up of entomologists and electrical engineers, attached AprilTags, a kind of QR code that is smaller than the nail on your little finger, to the bees using glue.2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2025:

Synonyms of entomologist

Forms of entomologist

pluralentomologists

Origin of entomologist

From entomology + -ist.

Words formed from entomologist

Words that rhyme with entomologist

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Questions about entomologist

What does entomologist mean?
Entomologist means a scientist who studies insects.
What is entomologist in Hindi?
Entomologist in Hindi is कीटविज्ञानी (kīṭvijñānī). See Entomologist meaning in Hindi.
How do you use entomologist in a sentence?
DENR entomologists recall that beetle infestation of the agohos is similar to another which killed thousands of pine trees in Benguet in 1981.
What part of speech is entomologist?
Entomologist is a noun.
What is the plural of entomologist?
The plural of entomologist is entomologists.

Words near entomologist in the dictionary

  1. entomologically
  2. entomologise
  3. entomologised
  4. entomologises
  5. entomologising
  6. entomologist
  7. entomologists
  8. entomologize
  9. entomologized
  10. entomologizes
  11. entomologizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entomologist (page history and authors); entomologist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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