arachnology
noun
the study of arachnids
arachnologist
-
a word derived from
arachnology.
Example Sentences
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The arachnologist has named species after celebrities, musicians, photographers and even magicians.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
As Lam Soon Tak explored the highlands of Malaysia, he came across this spider, Heteropoda davidbowie, named in 2008 by arachnologist and Bowie fan Dr Peter Jägerthe.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
It’s likely that the tarantula's main ancestor had some blue, or could produce blue nanostructures, says Sebastian Echeverri, an independent arachnologist and science communicator based in Pittsburgh.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 27, 2023
“They’re just being removed willy-nilly in large numbers,” said Anne Danielson-Francois, an arachnologist and behavioral ecologist at the University of Michigan-Dearborn who was not involved in the new research.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
It deserves notice that several writers, including the well-known arachnologist Walckenaer, have declared that spiders are attracted by music.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
