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ENTOMOLOGIST

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• ENTOMOLOGIST (noun)
The noun ENTOMOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a zoologist who studies insects

Familiarity information: ENTOMOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

• ENTOMOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A zoologist who studies insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist

Hypernyms ("entomologist" is a kind of...):

animal scientist; zoologist (a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entomologist"):

butterfly collector; lepidopterist; lepidopterologist (an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths)

Instance hyponyms:

E. O. Wilson; Edward Osborne Wilson; Wilson (United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929))

"A lie has no legs."
(English proverb)
"Words coming from far away are always half true, half false."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses."
(Arabic proverb)
"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see."
(Dutch proverb)

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