ENTOMOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entomologist mean? 

• ENTOMOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun ENTOMOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. a zoologist who studies insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTOMOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A zoologist who studies insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bug-hunter; bugologist; entomologist

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entomologist"):

butterfly collector; lepidopterist; lepidopterologist (an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths)

Instance hyponyms:

E. O. Wilson; Edward Osborne Wilson; Wilson (United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929))

Derivation:

entomology (the branch of zoology that studies insects)