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单词 fossilist
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fossilistn.

Brit. /ˈfɒsᵻlɪst/, U.S. /ˈfɑsələst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fossil n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < fossil n. + -ist suffix.
Now historical.
An expert on or collector of fossils, a palaeontologist.
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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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