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Definition of Fossilist
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 Fossilist
1. n. One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.
Definition of Fossilist
1. Noun. One who is versed in the science of fossils. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Fossilist
1. One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossilist
Literary usage of Fossilist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"The author neither says he is a Geographer, nor an Antiquarian, nor very learned
in the History of Scotland, nor a Naturalist, nor a fossilist'. ..."
2. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"The author neither says he is a Geographer, nor an Antiquarian, nor very learned
in the History of Scotland, nor a Naturalist, nor a fossilist'. ..."
3. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1887)
"The author neither says he is a Geographer, nor an Antiquarian, nor very learned
in the History of Scotland, nor a Naturalist, nor a fossilist'. ..."
4. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the by James Boswell, George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1891)
"See Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, 3rd ed. p. 520 [p. 431]. Bos- WELL. '
For the letter, see the end of Boswell's Hebrides. ' fossilist is not in ..."
5. The Letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey by Lewis Morris, Richard Morris, William Morris, John Humphreys Davies (1907)
"... the fossilist, etc., of Downing, in Flintshire, a surprizing man in his way !
We've been ransacking the sea and land for curiosities, ..."
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