单词 | fossilist |
释义 | fossilistn. Now historical. An expert on or collector of fossils, a palaeontologist. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > person who studies > [noun] > palaeobiology fossilist1747 fossilogist1776 oryctologist1799 fossilologist1801 palaeontologist1838 palaeobiologist1900 palaeontographer1935 palaeopathologist1939 taphonomist1974 1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 406 As for the regular Figure of the Belemnites being excepted against, I believe few Fossilists will argument that. 1806 Guide to Watering Places 115 The fossilist and botanist may here find ample amusement. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) vi. 113 Battles of opinion were fought between Cosmogonists, Diluvialists, and Fossilists. 1953 Times 6 May 4/1 We have it on the authority of Samuel Johnson that Dr. Woodward, the fossilist, was ‘a man not really or justly contemptible’. 2001 Book July–Aug. 23/3 McGowan's latest book profiles five nineteenth-century fossilists..whose groundbreaking discoveries defied contemporary scientific thinking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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