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MINERALOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mineralogist mean?
• MINERALOGIST (noun)
The noun MINERALOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a scientist trained in mineralogy
Familiarity information: MINERALOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scientist trained in mineralogy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("mineralogist" is a kind of...):
scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)
Derivation:
mineralogy (the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them)
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