单词 | oologist |
释义 | oologistn. An expert in or student of oology; a collector of birds' eggs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > collector of birds' eggs oologist1861 the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > specific aspects > one who oologist1861 1861 Harper's Mag. May 746/2 Near by the oologist is blowing eggs for specimens—some of them by no means odorous. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 773/1 The greatest scientific triumph of oologists lies in their having fully appreciated the intimate alliance of the Limicolae with the Gaviae. 1921 Amer. Midland Naturalist 7 44 The ‘Young Oölogist’ stated in its first volume that it was ‘for the Student of Birds, their nests and eggs.’ 1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. xi. 119 The unscrupulous egg-collector is the next menace, although there are not many active oologists left in the United States. 1994 Independent on Sunday 2 Oct. 8/6 We are not egg collectors. We are oologists. We study eggs for scientific reasons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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