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ETHOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethologist mean?
• ETHOLOGIST (noun)
The noun ETHOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
Familiarity information: ETHOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ethologist" is a kind of...):
animal scientist; zoologist (a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals)
Derivation:
ethology (the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats)
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