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Definition of Paleontologist
1. Noun. A specialist in paleontology.
Generic synonyms: Scientist
Specialized synonyms: Gould, Stephen Jay Gould, Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey, Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey, Owen, Sir Richard Owen, Pierre Teilhard De Chardin, Teilhard De Chardin
Derivative terms: Fossil, Palaeontology, Paleontology
Definition of Paleontologist
1. n. One versed in paleontology.
Definition of Paleontologist
1. Noun. one who studies paleontology ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paleontologist
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Paleontologist
1. One versed in paleontology. Origin: Cf. F. Paleontologiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paleontologist
Literary usage of Paleontologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1912)
"Thus a paleontologist comes before the Harvey Society of Physiologists and
Physicians with the conviction that his vision is of a different angle from that ..."
2. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"New York state museum bulletin 52; annual report of the state paleontologist.
1902. p. 588, fig. 15. Beekmantown graptolite shale Deep kill, Rensselaer со. ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"The Report of the [New York] State Paleontologist for the year 1902. (Bulletin No.
69, NY State Museum, Albany, 1903.) This document contains, besides the ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
""When that time arrives, the paleontologist will be able to render even more
conspicuously valuable services that he has done in the past. WB SCOTT. ..."
5. Leading American Men of Science by David Starr Jordan (1910)
"... MARSH Paleontologist 1831-1899 BY GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL IN the scientific world,
the name of Marsh stands forth as that of a man of strong personality, ..."
6. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"The paleontologist is able actually to see the orderly succession of organisms
in the past, and he is constantly called upon to note the relation of the ..."
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