biologist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /baɪˈɒləd͡ʒɪst/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English biologist From biology + -ist.
Meanings
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A student or professor of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015:Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful of individuals in the 1970s were the last remaining trees from seeds that passed through a dodo in the 1690s-1700s when they went extinct.
2017 May 3, Mark Carnall, “Finding zombies, ghosts and Elvis in the fossil record”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| biologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
cosmobiologist · astrobiologist · protobiologist · xenobiologist · pseudobiologist · exobiologist
Deriveds
parabiologist · electrobiologist · anthropobiologist · developmental biologist · exobiologist · macrobiologist · sociobiologist · evolutionary biologist · molecular biologist · pathobiologist · limnobiologist · population biologist · glycobiologist · marine biologist · radiobiologist · gnotobiologist · ethnobiologist · protobiologist · phytobiologist · neurobiologist · pseudobiologist · psychobiologist · microbiologist · astrobiologist · paleobiologist · agrobiologist · xenobiologist · cryobiologist · aerobiologist · nonbiologist · cosmobiologist · speleobiologist · hydrobiologist · saprobiologist · photobiologist · cytobiologist · chronobiologist · magnetobiologist · geomicrobiologist · endocytobiologist · nanobiologist · immunobiologist · geobiologist · metabiologist · palaeobiologist
Hypernyms
Translations (90)
ko 생물학자 (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · id biologiwati (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · es bióloga (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sl biologinja (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sv biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · da biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · nl biologe (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ro biologă (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · is líffræðingur (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sh biològica (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · eo biologiistino (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · eu biologo (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sw mwanabiolojia (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · pt biólogo (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · vo hilifavan (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · nn biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · lv bioloģe (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · hi जीवविज्ञानी (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · tl manghahaynay (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · nl bioloog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ca biòloga (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · fa زیستشناس (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · hy կենսաբան (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · eo biologino (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · pt bióloga (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sq biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · eo biologo (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · gl bióloga (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · th นักชีววิทยา (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · lv biologs (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sl biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · pl biolożka (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · vo lifavan (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · id ahli biologi (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ur ماہرۂ حیاتیات (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · gl biólogo (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · tr dirim bilimci (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sk biologička (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sh биоло̀гица (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · id biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · cs biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · fi biologi (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · tr biyolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · fr biologiste (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ur ماہرِ حیاتیات (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · uk біологи́ня (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · es biólogo (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · it biologa (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · cs bioložka (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · et bioloog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · el βιολόγος (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ga bitheolaí (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · bg биоло́жка (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · la biologa (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · fy biologe (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · mk биоло́г (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ca biòleg (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ur حیاتیات دان (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · mi kaimātai koiora (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sk biológ (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · nb biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sh biòlog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · bg биоло́г (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · id biologi (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · sh био̀лог (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · la biologus (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · eo biologiisto (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ro biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ja 生物学者 (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · id biologiwan (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · pl biolog (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · hu biológus (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · de Biologin (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · be біёлаг (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · uk біо́лог (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · pt biologista (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · it biologo (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · fr biologue (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · kl biologi (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · fy biolooch (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · de Biologe (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · he ביולוג \ בִּיוֹלוֹג (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · vo jilifavan (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ckb ژینناس (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · cmn 生物學家 /生物学家 (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ru био́лог (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ast bióloga (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ar أَحْيَائِي (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · ast biólogu (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology) · tl haynayanon (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology)