primatologistn.
/ˌprʌɪməˈtɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌpraɪməˈtɑlədʒəst/ A specialist in primatology; a person who studies primates.
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1916 Man 16 123 Dr. Duckworth has gathered his facts from the human anatomist, from the comparative anatomist, from the ‘primatologist’,..and from the ethnologist.
1957 L. Eiseley Immense Journey 105 Primatologists may therefore be forgiven their fumblings over great gaps of millions of years from which we do not possess a single complete monkey skeleton.
2001 S. Johnson Emergence vi. 197 The Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal tells a story of calculating sexual intrigue in his engaging, novel-like study, Chimpanzee Politics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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