phycologistn.
/fʌɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /faɪˈkɑlədʒəst/ An expert in or student of phycology.
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algologist1810
algist1820
algaeologist1833
phycologist1872
1872 E. Tuckerman Genera Lichenum 67 It appears indeed to have been habit alone which determined the recognition by phycologists of this type.
1901 Nature 14 Feb. 377/1 The great Swedish phycologist.
1969 Brit. Phycological Jrnl. 4 141 Virtually the whole of his [sc. Hustedt's] career as a phycologist was devoted to diatoms.
1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) ii. 154/1 Some phycologists prefer to group xanthophytes with chrysomonads and phaeophytes..in a single phylum called Heterokonta.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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