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Definition: Zoologist |
ZoologistNoun1. A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zoologist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Studies origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories, habits, life processes, diseases, relation to environment, growth and development, genetics, and distribution of animals: Studies animals in natural habitat and collects specimens for laboratory study. Dissects and examines specimens under microscope and uses chemicals and various types of scientific equipment to carry out experimental studies. Prepares collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for such purposes as identification of species, study of species development, and study of animal diseases. May raise specimens for experimental purposes. May specialize in one aspect of animal study, such as functioning of animal as an organism, or development of organism from egg to embryo stage. May specialize in study of reptiles, frogs, and salamanders and be designated Herpetologist (profess. & kin.); of fish and fishlike forms and be designated Ichthyologist (profess. & kin.); of sponges, jellyfish, and protozoa and be designated Invertebrate Zoologist (profess. & kin.); of birds and be designated Ornithologist (profess. & kin.); of mammals and be designated Mammalogist (profess. & kin.). May study animals for purposes of identification and classification and be designated Animal Taxonomist (profess. & kin.); or study effects of environment on animals and be designated Animal Ecologist (profess. & kin.). (references) |
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Synonym: ZoologistSynonym: animal scientist (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Zoology | Zoologist . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Zoologist |
| English words defined with "zoologist": Alfred Charles Kinsey ♦ bird watcher, bug-hunter, bugologist ♦ entomologist, ethologist ♦ Frisch ♦ Goodall ♦ herpetologist ♦ ichthyologist ♦ Jane Goodall ♦ Karl von Frisch, Kinsey, Konrad Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias Lorenz ♦ Lorenz ♦ Nikolaas Tinbergen ♦ ornithologist ♦ protozoologist ♦ Tinbergen ♦ Zoologer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Dr. Aoki, as a zoologist what would you say the beast is? (Gamera tai Gyaosu; writing credit: Nisan Takahashi) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Zoologist Patricia Pilitt examines parasite specimens that are on display and available for loan from the U.S. National Parasite Collection in Beltsville, Maryland. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Cytologist William Wergin (left) and zoologist David Chitwood focus on Caenorhabditis elegans, a free-living nematode species that is serving as a model for studying the biochemistry of soybean cyst and root-knot nematodes. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |
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| "Zoologist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.55% of the time. "Zoologist" is used about 58 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.55% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 58 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ernst zoologist | 152 |
zoologist | 100 |
american zoologist | 13 |
salary zoologist | 6 |
become zoologist | 6 |
19th century german zoologist | 5 |
ernest zoologist | 4 |
information zoologist | 3 |
zoologist job | 3 |
german zoologist | 2 |
being zoologist | 2 |
zoologist career | 2 |
career information zoologist | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "zoologist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zoolog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خبير في علم الحيوان, العالم الحيواني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | зоолог. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 动物学家. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zoolog, zooložka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zoolog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zoöloog, dierkundige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | zoologo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ویژه گرجانورشناسی , جانورشناس . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | eläintieteilijä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | zoologiste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zoologe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ζωολόγοσ, ζωολόγος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zoológus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zoologo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 動物学者 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうぶつがくしゃ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | baagh-oallee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | zoolog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oologistzay zoólogo. (various references) zoolog. (various references) зоолог. (various references) zoolog. (various references) zoólogo. (various references) zoolog. (various references) นักสัตววิทยา. (various references) zoolog. (various references) зоолог. (various references) nh động vật học (faunist). (various references) milofydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zoologist": zoologists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "zoologist": cryptozoologist, paleozoologist, protozoologist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "zoologist": cryptozoologists, paleozoologists, protozoologists. (additional references) | |
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"Zoologist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: otologist, Ozoloins, zoologiest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zoologist" (pronounced zōÄ"lujust) |
| 7 | -Ä" l u j u s t | anesthesiologist, anthropologist, apologist, archaeologist, biologist, cardiologist, criminologist, dermatologist, ecologist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, geologist, gerontologist, gynecologist, ideologist, immunologist, kremlinologist, meteorologist, microbiologist, musicologist, neurologist, oncologist, ophthalmologist, paleontologist, pathologist, physiologist, psychologist, radiologist, rheumatologist, seismologist, serologist, sociologist, toxicologist, urologist, virologist. |
| 6 | -l u j u s t | mineralogist. |
| 4 | -j u s t | allergist, hugest, largest, strangest, strategist, technologist. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anticommunist, apprenticed, aquarist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, environmentalist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, illusionist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, methodist, mightiest, mildest, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, palest, panelist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, semifinalist, separatist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, violinist, violist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-l-o-o-o-s-t-z" | |
-1 letter: oologist. | |
-2 letters: ologist. | |
-3 letters: igloos, isolog. | |
-4 letters: gilts, glitz, glost, igloo, logoi, logos, loots, lotos, olios, sotol, stool, toils, tools. | |
-5 letters: gilt, gist, gits, goos, list, lits, logo, logs, loos, loot, lost, loti, lots, oils, olio, oots, silo, silt, slit, slog, slot, soil, soli, solo, soot, tils, togs, toil, tool, zigs, zits, zoos. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-l-o-o-o-s-t-z" | |
+1 letter: zoologists. | |
+5 letters: orthogonalizes, paleozoologist, protozoologies, protozoologist. | |
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