Neotologist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 A student of neotology; one versed in the science of neology.; Someone who studies newly discovered species, minerals, etc.
"Briefly stated, the transformational view of the origin of species (a view most commonly found in the paleontological literature but not uncommonly broached when neotologists think about how species "behave" in geologic time) sees evolution as the accumulation of morphologic, hence genetic, change"
- 2 A student of neotology; one versed in the science of neology.; Synonym of neonatologist.
"We sent in a neotologist and in 2 years he brought that rate down to less than half of what it was before."
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More examples"Briefly stated, the transformational view of the origin of species (a view most commonly found in the paleontological literature but not uncommonly broached when neotologists think about how species "behave" in geologic time) sees evolution as the accumulation of morphologic, hence genetic, change"
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