ichthyologist

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noun

An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes.

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Meanings

nounichthyologist (plural ichthyologists)

plural ichthyologists

  1. An expert in ichthyology: one who studies fishes.

    Meanwhile, the other two main actors, Richard Dreyfuss as boyish ichthyologist Hooper and Robert Shaw as grizzled shark-hunter Quint, further added to the deepening of the dramatis personae by the paradoxical boon that they loathed each other.

    2025 June 14, Nigel Andrews, “They don’t come any bigger”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 13

Origin

From ichthyology + -ist.

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Translations

Catalan ictiòleg, ictiòloga
  • ictiòlegexpert in ichthyology
  • ictiòlogaexpert in ichthyology
Danish iktyolog
  • iktyologexpert in ichthyology
Esperanto iĥtiologo, iktiologo
  • iĥtiologoexpert in ichthyology
  • iktiologoexpert in ichthyology
Finnish iktyologi
  • iktyologiexpert in ichthyology
French ichthyologue, ichtyologue
  • ichthyologueexpert in ichthyology
  • ichtyologueexpert in ichthyology
German Ichthyologe, Ichthyologin
  • Ichthyologeexpert in ichthyology
  • Ichthyologinexpert in ichthyology
  • Fischkundlerexpert in ichthyology
  • Fischkundlerinexpert in ichthyology
Hindi मत्स्यविज्ञानी
  • मत्स्यविज्ञानी (matsyavijñānī)expert in ichthyology
Icelandic fiskifræðingur
  • fiskifræðingurexpert in ichthyology
Italian ittiologo, ittiologa
  • ittiologoexpert in ichthyology
  • ittiologaexpert in ichthyology
Polish ichtiolog
  • ichtiologexpert in ichthyology
Portuguese ictiólogo
  • ictiólogoexpert in ichthyology
Romanian ihtiolog, ihtiologă
  • ihtiologexpert in ichthyology
  • ihtiologăexpert in ichthyology
Russian ихтио́лог
  • ихтио́лог (ixtiólog)expert in ichthyology
Spanish ictiólogo
  • ictiólogoexpert in ichthyology
Swedish iktyolog
  • iktyologexpert in ichthyology
Turkish ihtiyolog
  • ihtiyologexpert in ichthyology
Cite this entry
APA

ichthyologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyologist

MLA

“ichthyologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichthyologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyologist.

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