Dictionary

entomologist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English entomology 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 entomologist From entomology + -ist.

Meanings

1. A scientist who studies insects.
   • The team, made up of entomologists and electrical engineers, attached AprilTags, a kind of QR code that is smaller than the nail on your little finger, to the bees using glue. 2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2025:
   • DENR entomologists recall that beetle infestation of the agohos is similar to another which killed thousands of pine trees in Benguet in 1981. 1989, The Philippine Lumberman, volume 35:
   • An entomologist named a new species of millipede Nannaria swiftae after pop star Taylor Swift. 2022 April 20, Megan Marples, “Taylor Swift inspired an entomologist to name a new millipede species after the megastar”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023:
   • Colorado stood at the brink of an outbreak that another Forest Service entomologist would dub “Beetlegeddon.” 2012, Michael Lanza, Before They're Gone: A Family's Year-Long Quest to Explore America's Most Endangered National Parks, page 104:
   • He kindly offered me a room during my stay in Amboyna, and introduced me to his junior, Dr. Doleschall, a Hungarian and also an entomologist. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 458:
   • The noted entomologist Charles W. Woodworth suggested the use of Drosophila melanogaster for genetic studies.

Forms

Deriveds

medical entomologist · palaeoentomologist · nonentomologist

Relateds

entomologic · entomologically · entomological · entomology

Synonyms

insectologist · insectologer

Translations (56)

nl insectenkenner (scientist who studies insects) · nn entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · hi कीटविज्ञानी (scientist who studies insects) · de Entomologin (scientist who studies insects) · eo insektologo (scientist who studies insects) · ca entomòleg (scientist who studies insects) · nl entomologe (scientist who studies insects) · fr entomologiste (scientist who studies insects) · lv entomologs (scientist who studies insects) · tr entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · de Insektenwissenschaftler (scientist who studies insects) · it entomologo (scientist who studies insects) · gl entomóloga (scientist who studies insects) · de Entomologe (scientist who studies insects) · tr entomolojist (scientist who studies insects) · hy միջատաբան (scientist who studies insects) · pt entomologista (scientist who studies insects) · be энтамо́лаг (scientist who studies insects) · vo näsäkavan (scientist who studies insects) · pl entomolożka (scientist who studies insects) · lt entomologas (scientist who studies insects) · nb entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · pl owadoznawca (scientist who studies insects) · la entomologus (scientist who studies insects) · sv entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · ast entomóloga (scientist who studies insects) · ro entomologist (scientist who studies insects) · fi hyönteistutkija (scientist who studies insects) · ro entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · ru инсекто́лог (scientist who studies insects) · eo entomologo (scientist who studies insects) · uk ентомо́лог (scientist who studies insects) · pl entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · nl entomoloog (scientist who studies insects) · vi nhà côn trùng học (scientist who studies insects) · ja 昆虫学者 (scientist who studies insects) · ru энтомо́лог (scientist who studies insects) · hu entomológus (scientist who studies insects) · sk entomologička (scientist who studies insects) · ga feithideolaí (scientist who studies insects) · de Insektenwissenschaftlerin (scientist who studies insects) · lv entomoloģe (scientist who studies insects) · tl dalubkulisap (scientist who studies insects) · ast entomólogu (scientist who studies insects) · cmn 昆蟲學家 /昆虫学家 (scientist who studies insects) · la entomologa (scientist who studies insects) · pt entomólogo (scientist who studies insects) · da entomolog (scientist who studies insects) · tr böcekbilimci (scientist who studies insects) · hu rovartudós (scientist who studies insects) · sk entomológ (scientist who studies insects) · pl owadoznawczyni (scientist who studies insects) · gl entomólogo (scientist who studies insects) · es entomóloga (scientist who studies insects) · es entomólogo (scientist who studies insects) · cs entomolog (scientist who studies insects)