zoologist
(zəʊˈɒlədʒɪst, pop. zuː-)
[f. mod.L. zōologia zoology + -ist; cf. zoologer.]
One versed in zoology; a scientist who studies or treats of animals.
| 1663 Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 46 The..liberty of making those Experiments in live Beasts..may enable a Zoologist..to determine divers Pathologicall difficulties. 1752 J. Hill Hist. Anim. 531 This..has been described..under the name of the Mus Africanus Hayopolin dictus. Most of the zoologists have omitted it. 1773 Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 21 Sept., Nor have I seen any thing that interested me as a zoologist, except an otter. 1870 Newman Gram. Assent ii. viii. 253 The proverb says, ‘Ex pede Herculem’; and we have actual experience how the practised zoologist can built up some intricate organization from the sight of its smallest bone. |