Paleontologist

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who studies paleontology.

    "An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab- stract elements and to establish, between elements of the same type in different cultures, rather than between cultures themselves, the same kind of relationships of historical descent and progressive differentiation which the paleontologist sees in the evolution of species."

  2. 2
    a specialist in paleontology wordnet

Synonyms

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fossilistpalaeontologist

Example

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"Mary has wanted to be a paleontologist ever since she first saw a drawing of a plesiosaur."

Etymology

From paleontology + -ist.

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