chiropterologist

English

WOTD – 30 July 2012

Etymology

Chiroptera +‎ -ologist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)

1. Someone who studies bats (the flying mammals).
   • 2001, Kathleen Meyer, Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife, Villard, →ISBN, page 88:

     Several years later, after reading three of his books on bats, I placed a call to the venerable chiropterologist Dr. M. Brock Fenton, known as the "batman" of York University in Toronto.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chiropterologist.

Synonyms

• batologist (colloquial or humorous)
• chiropterist

Related terms

• chiropterology
• Chiroptera

Translations

one who studies bats

• Czech: chiropterolog m, chiropteroložka f
• Finnish: lepakkotutkija
• French: chiroptérologue (fr) m or f
• Turkish: yarasa bilimci (tr)