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chiropterologist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/ (General-American)

Etymology

From translingual Chiroptera + -logist, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -logist, by surface analysis, chiro- + ptero- + -logist.

Meanings

1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
   • Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto. 2001, Kathleen Meyer, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife, Villard, →ISBN, page 88:
   • According to the recommendation, the chiropterologist would work in the Wildlands Conservation Division of the Austin Water Utility and would protect the population of about 1.5 million bats from disease, impacts of climate change and harm from construction and development. 2023 April 5, Sarah Brager, “Austin may hire full-time bat scientist to protect, manage local colony”, in The Daily Texan:
   • The older man introduced himself as Otto. The other two were Fabio and Gunther. They were chiropterologists he explained from Erlangen University in Germany. 2021 March 12, Jack Ewing, “WHAT ON EARTH IS A CHIROPTEROLOGIST?”, in Quepolandia, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2024:

Forms

Relateds

chiropterology · Chiroptera

Synonyms

chiropterist · batologist

Translations (5)

cs chiropterolog (one who studies bats) · fi lepakkotutkija (one who studies bats) · cs chiropteroložka (one who studies bats) · fr chiroptérologue (one who studies bats) · tr yarasa bilimci (one who studies bats)