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Definition of Palaeontologist
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 Palaeontologist
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of paleontologist) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palaeontologist
Literary usage of Palaeontologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1901)
"ETHERIDGE, palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain. The Geological
Magazine, vol. iv., 1867,//. 67-69. PROFESSOR HUXLEY'S communication ..."
2. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1860)
"... with which the palaeontologist should become acquainted ; but it would be out
of place were we to enter into a minute anatomical description of Fig. 1. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of England and Wales. by Geological Survey of Great Britain (1848)
"By EDWARD FORBES, Esq., FRS, Professor of Botany in King-s College, London :
palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. ..."
4. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1848)
"By EDWARD FORBES, Esq., FRS, Professor of Botany in King's College, London,
palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. ..."
5. Evolution by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1911)
"EVOLUTION CHAPTER I EVIDENCES OP EVOLUTION FROM EXPLORER AND palaeontologist The
Voyage of the "Beagle" — The Galapagos Islands — Other Geographical ..."
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