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oligochaetologist

oligochaetologist noun: a scientist dedicated to the study of earthworms.

Noun

oligochaetologist (plural oligochaetologists)

  1. A scientist dedicated to the study of earthworms.
    • An ornithologist can simply meander through a forest and look up; an oligochaetologist must keep an ear to the ground, so to speak, and try to divine the ideal earthworm habitat.2007 April 22, Amy Stewart, “How the Worm Turns”, in New York Times

Forms of oligochaetologist

pluraloligochaetologists

Origin of oligochaetologist

From oligochaetology + -ist, from Oligochaeta, the taxonomic class of earthworms.

Questions about oligochaetologist

What does oligochaetologist mean?
Oligochaetologist means a scientist dedicated to the study of earthworms.
What part of speech is oligochaetologist?
Oligochaetologist is a noun.
What is the plural of oligochaetologist?
The plural of oligochaetologist is oligochaetologists.

Words near oligochaetologist in the dictionary

  1. Oligocene
  2. oligocentric
  3. oligochaete
  4. oligochaetes
  5. oligochaetological
  6. oligochaetologist
  7. oligochaetologists
  8. oligochaetology
  9. oligochaetotic
  10. oligochaetous
  11. oligochete

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