neuropteristn.
/njᵿˈrɒpt(ə)rɪst/, /njʊəˈrɒpt(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /n(j)ʊˈrɑpt(ə)rəst/ Entomology.
An entomologist who is an expert or specialist in the order Neuroptera.
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aurelian1778
lepidopterist1826
coleopterist1852
neuropterist1869
hymenopterologist1870
scarabaeist1872
curculionist1874
aphidologist1876
myrmecologist1879
orthopterist1880
hymenopterist1881
lepidopterologist1899
drosophilist1961
1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 545 Their affinities to the Panorpidæ are so well acknowledged by the best neuropterists.
1895 Sci.-gossip Apr. 49 An important article..especially to neuropterists.
1905 Science 26 May 883/2 It is edited by a committee of five Bohemian entomologists, headed by the eminent neuropterist, Professor Franz Klapálek.
1934 Sci. Monthly Apr. 338/2 In 1867 the Neuropterist, McLachlan, proposed that a Catalogue of British Insects should be compiled and published by the society.
2002 www.earthlife.net 24 May (O.E.D. Archive) Both books were written by Colin Plant the foremost Neuropterist in the UK.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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