Paleontologist
noun
noun ·6 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a specialist in paleontology wordnet
Example
More examples"Mary has wanted to be a paleontologist ever since she first saw a drawing of a plesiosaur."
Etymology
From paleontology + -ist.