Malacologist
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From malacology + -ist.
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