Meanings
nounmalacologist (plural malacologists)
plural malacologists
- A person who studies molluscs; a specialist in malacology.First known use 19th c.
In the early 1800s the French malacologist Pierre Denys de Montfort published an account of a British ship of the line that he claimed had been sunk, and its crew devoured, by a Colossal octopus, or Kraken.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 233
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Chinese Mandarin 軟體動物學家 /软体动物学家
- 軟體動物學家 /软体动物学家 (ruǎntǐdòngwùxuéjiā)person who studies molluscs
Finnish nilviäistutkija, malakologi
- nilviäistutkijaperson who studies molluscs
- malakologiperson who studies molluscs
French malacologue
- malacologueperson who studies molluscs
German Malakologe, Malakologin
- Malakologeperson who studies molluscs
- Malakologinperson who studies molluscs
Hungarian malakológus
- malakológusperson who studies molluscs
Italian malacologo, malacologa
- malacologoperson who studies molluscs
- malacologaperson who studies molluscs
Spanish malacólogo, malacóloga
- malacólogoperson who studies molluscs
- malacólogaperson who studies molluscs
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APA
malacologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malacologist
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“malacologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malacologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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