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LEPIDOPTERIST

Dictionary entry overview: What does lepidopterist mean?

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

1. an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

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

Dictionary entry details

• LEPIDOPTERIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

butterfly collector; lepidopterist; lepidopterologist

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

bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist (a zoologist who studies insects)

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