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lichenologist

lichenologist noun: an expert in lichenology.

Noun

lichenologist (plural lichenologists)

  1. An expert in lichenology.
    • To witness some queer, shy, misshapen, greyheaded, self-important, little discoverer of great discoveries, ridiculously adorned with the wide ribbon of some order of chivalry and holding a reception of his fellow-men, or to read the anguish of Nature at the “neglect of science” when the angel of...1904, H. G. Wells, The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth, Book I, Chapter I, §I
    • Schwendener's suggestion was vehemently opposed by his fellow lichenologists.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 81

Forms of lichenologist

plurallichenologists

Questions about lichenologist

What does lichenologist mean?
Lichenologist means an expert in lichenology.
What part of speech is lichenologist?
Lichenologist is a noun.
What is the plural of lichenologist?
The plural of lichenologist is lichenologists.

Words near lichenologist in the dictionary

  1. lichenography
  2. lichenoid
  3. lichenologic
  4. lichenological
  5. lichenologically
  6. lichenologist
  7. lichenologists
  8. lichenology
  9. lichenometric
  10. lichenometrically
  11. lichenometrist

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