α. 1800s– palaeichthyologist, 1800s– paleichthyologist.
β. 1900s– palaeoichthyologist, 1900s– paleoichthyologist.
palaeoichthyologistpaleoichthyologistn.
/ˌpalɪəʊˌɪkθɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌɪkθɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌɪkθiˈɑlədʒəst/ Palaeontology.
A palaeontologist who specializes in extinct and fossil fishes.
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palaeoichthyologist1884
palichthyologist1901
1884 T. Gill in Science 11 Apr. 430 The proposed memoir of Professor Cope will..be a great boon to science; and to enable him to co-ordinate his data with those of the earlier paleichthyologists..is the object of this communication.
1897 Proc. Zool. Soc. 317 Sending his specimen again across the Atlantic for re-examination by British palæichthyologists.
1946 Q. Rev. Biol. 21 355/2 No contemporary paleoichthyologist would regard the few eurypterid-like characters of Bothriolepis as other than superficial habitus features.
2001 Nat. Hist. Mar. Paleoichthyologists have characterized the teeth as sharklike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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