ethologist
noun
a specialist in or student of ethology.
ethologists
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pluralof ethologist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For that, we need ethologists, not just ethicists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Much of that, as it happens, is regarded as nonsense by ethologists — scientists of animal behavior — who focus on dogs.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2021
It’s long been known that female elephants cooperate, but before ethologists began systematically studying free-roaming horses, few people suspected that cooperating mares were capable not only of waging such a fight—but of winning it.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2015
By studying other species, as comparative psychologists and ethologists do, we may in time be able to trace the biological roots and evolutionary history of our abilities to think, use language, and feel emotions.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2013
Then there are other ethologists who also go to the home of the animals they wish to study but do not do experiments.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
