scorpiologist

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noun

A scientist who studies scorpions.

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Meanings

nounscorpiologist (plural scorpiologists)

plural scorpiologists

  1. A scientist who studies scorpions.

    Joe Bigelow chose to name one of his scorpions (far right) for Stanley Williams, a scorpiologist he admires.

    1970 March 20, LIFE, volume 68, number 10, page 59
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    Our state has produced two well-known scorpiologists, Drs. Stanley C. Williams and Oscar F. Francke, under the direction of Dr. Mont A. Cazier at Arizona State University.

    1982, Robert Lloyd Smith, Venomous Animals of Arizona, page 4

    Most scorpiologists believe that adult scorpions don't even molt, so there is no chance of regrowing a missing part.

    2012, Jerry G. Walls, Scorpions: Plus Other Popular Invertebrates

Origin

From scorpiology + -ist.

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