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biologist

[ bahy-ol-uh-jist ]

/ baɪˈɒl ə dʒɪst /

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noun

a specialist in biology.

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Origin of biologist

First recorded in 1805–15; biolog(y) + -ist

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for biologist

Biologist Mattson is alarmed by the abrupt 2008 rise in grizzly mortality from conflicts both with livestock and hunters.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I invited a biologist friend who studies human gut bacteria to come take a look with me.
Whole Foods: America’s Temple of Pseudoscience|Michael Schulson|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to Terry Root, a biologist at the Stanford University, creatures adapted to previous changes in climate by migrating.
How Climate Change Is Causing Chaos in the Animal Kingdom|Nina Strochlic|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Hell, get out of the way,” one researcher, a biologist who conducted early gender-selection studies, tells Rosin.
It’s Not ‘The End of Men’—But They Are in Trouble|Jessica Bennett|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Hughes, the son of the poet Ted Hughes, lived in Alaska and worked as a biologist, studying the travel patterns of fish.
Is There a Suicide Gene?|Casey Schwartz|March 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Rather like a biologist planning the details of an interesting vivisection.
Legacy|James H Schmitz
So for the biologist, very much as for the theologian, whenever life takes a residence, death must ensue sooner or later.
The Will to Doubt|Alfred H. Lloyd
While Haeckel is a biologist, Ostwalds brilliant work was done in chemistry and physics.
A History of Freedom of Thought|John Bagnell Bury
For we have got to face the issue with eyes open, minds familiar with the biologist's point of view.
Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati|Warren C. Herrick
No astronomer would think of dogmatizing on a question of geology, nor a biologist on the details of chemistry or physics.
Lux Mundi|Various

Word Origin and History for biologist

biologist

n.

1813, from biology + -ist. Earliest use is in reference to human life. In modern scientific sense, by 1874.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper