thysanopterist

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noun

A scientist who studies the Thysanoptera or thrips.

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Meanings

nounthysanopterist (plural thysanopterists)

plural thysanopterists

  1. A scientist who studies the Thysanoptera or thrips.

    Because some thysanopterists have not recognized that the substantive Thrips is singular and masculine, we have changed the endings of incorrectly declined specific names.

    1969, Robbin W. Thorp, Systematics and Ecology of Bees of the Subgenus Diandrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
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APA

thysanopterist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thysanopterist

MLA

“thysanopterist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thysanopterist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thysanopterist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thysanopterist.

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