oligochaetologist

English

Etymology

oligochaetology +‎ -ist, from Oligochaeta, the taxonomic class of earthworms.

Noun

oligochaetologist (plural oligochaetologists)

1. A scientist dedicated to the study of earthworms.
   • 2007 April 22, Amy Stewart, “How the Worm Turns”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     An ornithologist can simply meander through a forest and look up; an oligochaetologist must keep an ear to the ground, so to speak, and try to divine the ideal earthworm habitat.