Hydrologist

//haɪˈdɹɒl.ə.dʒɪst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is skilled in or practises hydrology.

    "Some experts see today’s action as only a short-term fix. While the USBR is “very focused on just getting through this to next year”, any cuts would probably need to be in place far longer, University of Oxford hydrologist Kevin Wheeler said."

  2. 2
    a geologist skilled in hydrology wordnet

Example

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""Bigger lakes may increase the risk of catastrophic dam failure," Joseph Shea, a glacier hydrologist at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada, told the magazine Science."

Etymology

From hydrology + -ist.

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