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ICHTHYOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ichthyologist mean? 

ICHTHYOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun ICHTHYOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a zoologist who studies fishesplay

  Familiarity information: ICHTHYOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ICHTHYOLOGIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A zoologist who studies fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("ichthyologist" is a kind of...):

animal scientist; zoologist (a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals)

Derivation:

ichthyology (the branch of zoology that studies fishes)


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