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prediscoverers

prediscoverers is the plural of prediscoverer.

Meaning of prediscoverer

Noun

prediscoverer (plural prediscoverers)

  1. One who prediscovers.
    • While the auroral oval was not recognized at the time, Gordon Shepherd a former student and facutly member at the University of Saskatchewan has called Currie the "prediscoverer" of the auroral oval.1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)

Questions about prediscoverers

What is prediscoverers the plural of?
Prediscoverers is the plural of prediscoverer.

Words near prediscoverers in the dictionary

  1. prediscontinuation
  2. prediscount
  3. prediscover
  4. prediscovered
  5. prediscoverer
  6. prediscoverers
  7. prediscoveries
  8. prediscovering
  9. prediscovers
  10. prediscovery
  11. prediscretized

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