lepidopterist
Britishnoun
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Or plant a native plant garden, as lepidopterist Jaret Daniels suggests; even a few native plants in a balcony planter can help.
From Slate • May 27, 2023
A family road trip to the Sinlahekin would be a great way to inspire a budding lepidopterist or biologist.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021
Nabokov, a Russian emigré and amateur lepidopterist, drew on his own annual cross-country journeys with his wife, pursuing rare butterflies between his academic commitments at Wellesley and later Cornell.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2018
As a lepidopterist, is there any truth in the saying that a butterfly beating its wings in one part of the world can set off a tornado in another?
From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2017
He had been a lepidopterist; he had filled it with glass showcases of moths and butterflies.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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