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单词 palaeontologist
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palaeontologistpaleontologistn.

Brit. /ˌpalɪənˈtɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪənˈtɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒəst/
Forms: see palaeontology n. and -ist suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: palaeontology n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < palaeontology n. + -ist suffix. Compare French paléontologiste (1832).
An expert in or student of palaeontology.
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fossilologist1801
palaeontologist1838
palaeobiologist1900
palaeontographer1935
palaeopathologist1939
taphonomist1974
1838 T. A. Conrad Fossils Tertiary Formation U.S. (title page) By T. A. Conrad, palæontologist of the State of New York.
1876 J. Tyndall Fragments Sci. (ed. 5) ii. vii. 505 The riddle of the rocks has been read by the geologist and palæontologist.
1912 ‘Saki’ Unbearable Bassington xiv. 253 A palæontologist will reconstruct an extinct mammal from the evidence of a stray shin bone.
1993 Time Out 31 Mar. 33/1 Visitors can watch museum palaeontologists at work on a major conservation programme involving nine specimens of plesiosaurs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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