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thysanopterist

thysanopterist noun: a scientist who studies the Thysanoptera or thrips.

Noun

thysanopterist (plural thysanopterists)

  1. A scientist who studies the Thysanoptera or thrips.
    • Because some thysanopterists have not recognized that the substantive Thrips is singular and masculine, we have changed the endings of incorrectly declined specific names.1969, Robbin W. Thorp, Systematics and Ecology of Bees of the Subgenus Diandrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)

Forms of thysanopterist

pluralthysanopterists

Questions about thysanopterist

What does thysanopterist mean?
Thysanopterist means a scientist who studies the Thysanoptera or thrips.
What part of speech is thysanopterist?
Thysanopterist is a noun.
What is the plural of thysanopterist?
The plural of thysanopterist is thysanopterists.

Words near thysanopterist in the dictionary

  1. thysanids
  2. thysanone
  3. thysanopter
  4. thysanopteran
  5. thysanopterans
  6. thysanopterist
  7. thysanopterists
  8. thysanopterous
  9. thysanopters
  10. thysanoteuthid
  11. thysanoteuthids

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