chiropterologist
English edit
Etymology edit
Chiroptera + -ologist.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /kaɪˌɹɑptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒɪst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kaɪˌɹɒptəˈɹɒlədʒɪst/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
chiropterologist (plural chiropterologists)
- 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 edit
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chiropterologist.
Synonyms edit
- batologist (colloquial or humorous)
- chiropterist
Related terms edit
Translations edit
one who studies bats
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