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morphologist

American  
[mawr-fahl-uh-jist] / mɔrˈfɑl ə dʒɪst /

noun

plural

morphologists
  1. a specialist in morphology.


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“The evidence is compatible with bipedality” but does not prove it, says functional morphologist Chris Ruff of Johns Hopkins University.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 24, 2022

“It’s an extraordinary behavioral adaptation,” says David Cundall, a functional morphologist at Lehigh University, who was not involved in the research.

From Scientific American • Jan. 11, 2021

Claus Nielsen, a morphologist affiliated with the Natural History Museum of Denmark and author of the new paper, has followed this controversy, which has unfolded entirely during his retirement, with great interest.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2019

At the University of Vienna, for instance, plant morphologist Yannick Staedler has used CT scanners to analyse the secrets of a deceptive group of European orchids.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2018

Besides being a brilliant morphologist, Balfour was an accomplished naturalist, and had he lived would probably have taken a high place among British taxonomists.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various