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ENTOMOLOGIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A zoologist who studies insects

Synonyms:

bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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))

Derivation:

entomology (the branch of zoology that studies insects)

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