lepidopterist
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He said he was a lepidopterist — someone who studies or collects butterflies and moths — “by profession and by training” and “more of a conservationist than any employee who ever worked for Fish and Wildlife.”
From Seattle Times
A family road trip to the Sinlahekin would be a great way to inspire a budding lepidopterist or biologist.
From Seattle Times
Nabokov was also a first-rate scientist and lepidopterist, and he concluded that Gregor Samsa had been transformed into a winged beetle.
From Salon
The vibrant blue hues of morpho butterflies’ wings have long captivated not only lepidopterists but also chemists.
From Scientific American
That failure came back to haunt lepidopterists, one of whom discovered a nearly identical butterfly in the early 1980s.
From Science Magazine
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