palaeophysiologistpaleophysiologistn.
/ˌpalɪəʊˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlɪoʊˌfɪziˈɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of palaeophysiology.
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1981 Paleobiology 7 144 Paleophysiologists have perceived dinosaurs sequentially as hulking, slothful, sluggish, cold-blooded brutes.
1988 Guinness Bk. Records 1989 41/3 Analyses of limb bone mid-circumferences by palaeophysiologists (people who study the physical make-up of extinct animals) have revealed that these huge giraffe-like sauropods were nowhere near as heavy as previously claimed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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