nomenclaturalistn.
/ˌnəʊmənˈklatʃərəlɪst/, /ˌnəʊmənˈklatʃərl̩ɪst/, /nə(ʊ)ˌmɛŋkləˈtʃʊərəlɪst/, /nə(ʊ)ˌmɛŋkləˈtʃʊərl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˌnoʊmənˈkleɪtʃ(ə)rələst/ Botany and Zoology.
= nomenclaturist n.
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1969 Systematic Zool. 18 479/2 The nomenclaturalist may wave his code in the air and scream that it is illegal, but that procedure did not work for King Canute.
1980 Nature 7 Feb. 511/2 The great conservatism of nomenclaturalists is well known.
1996 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 83 23 (caption) John Wiersema, nomenclaturalist, reviewing scientific names of vascular plants in the Germplasm Resources Information Network.
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