termitologistn.
/ˌtəːmʌɪˈtɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌtəːmᵻˈtɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌtərˌmaɪˈtɑlədʒəst/, /ˌtərməˈtɑlədʒəst/ A student or expert in the nature and behaviour of termites.
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1897 W. Saville-Kent Naturalist in Austral. 131 Australia..offers a most rich and almost virgin field to the Termitologist.
1936 Times 9 June 10/3 Dr. Noyes, of California—a celebrated termitologist—writes doubtfully of Zootermopsis.
1971 E. O. Wilson Insect Societies vi. 106/2 Termitologists had long looked to the Mesozoic or beyond for traces of a truly archaic termite fauna.
1997 J. Alcock In Desert Garden iv. 68 According to the termitologist William L. Nutting, a typical colony of Gnathamitermes perplexus consists of about 10,000 individuals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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