natural scientist

Meanings

nounnatural scientist (plural natural scientists)

A scientist dedicated to natural science.
Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
2012 January 28, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60

nouna biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)

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Broader

biologistlife scientist

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Czech přírodovědec

Danish naturvidenskabsmand

Dutch natuurwetenschapper, natuurwetenschapster

Estonian loodusteadlane

Finnish luonnontieteilijä

German Naturwissenschaftler, Naturwissenschaftlerin

Italian naturalista

Russian естествоиспыта́тель, естествоиспыта́тельница

естествоиспыта́тель (jestestvoispytátelʹ)scientist dedicated to natural science
естествоиспыта́тельница (jestestvoispytátelʹnica)scientist dedicated to natural science

Spanish científico

Turkish doğa bilimci

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APA

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Chicago

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