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malacologist

malacologist noun: a person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.

Noun

malacologist (plural malacologists)

  1. A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.
    • In the early 1800s the French malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort published an account of a British ship of the line that he claimed had been sunk, and its crew devoured, by a Colossal octopus, or Kraken.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 233

Forms of malacologist

pluralmalacologists

Origin of malacologist

From malacology + -ist.

Questions about malacologist

What does malacologist mean?
Malacologist means a person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.
What part of speech is malacologist?
Malacologist is a noun.
What is the plural of malacologist?
The plural of malacologist is malacologists.

Words near malacologist in the dictionary

  1. malacofaunal
  2. malacoid
  3. malacolite
  4. malacolites
  5. malacological
  6. malacologist
  7. malacologists
  8. malacology
  9. malaconotid
  10. malaconotids
  11. malacophagous

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