Meanings
nounosteologist (plural osteologists)
plural osteologists
- A scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology.
The skeleton is an adult male who was buried with his hands bound together under his pelvis. It is suggested this unusual position means he could have been murdered or executed. [...] We hope our osteologists will be able to shed more light on this potentially gruesome death.
2020 July 29, “Neolithic skeleton among finds unearthed at HS2 site”, in Rail, page 17
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Finnish osteologi
- osteologispecialist in osteology
French ostéologue
- ostéologuespecialist in osteology
German Osteologe, Osteologin
- Osteologespecialist in osteology
- Osteologinspecialist in osteology
Irish oisté-eolaí
- oisté-eolaíspecialist in osteology
Italian osteologo
- osteologospecialist in osteology
Japanese 骨学者
- 骨学者 (kotsugakusha)specialist in osteology
Romanian osteolog
- osteologspecialist in osteology
Russian остеолог
- остеолог (osteolog)specialist in osteology
Spanish osteólogo
- osteólogospecialist in osteology
Cite this entry
APA
osteologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteologist
MLA
“osteologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteologist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteologist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteologist.
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