scorpiologist
English edit
Etymology edit
scorpiology + -ist
Noun edit
scorpiologist (plural scorpiologists)
- A scientist who studies scorpions.
- 1970 March 20, LIFE, volume 68, number 10, page 59:
- Joe Bigelow chose to name one of his scorpions (far right) for Stanley Williams, a scorpiologist he admires.
- 1982, Robert Lloyd Smith, Venomous Animals of Arizona, page 4:
- Our state has produced two well-known scorpiologists, Drs. Stanley C. Williams and Oscar F. Francke, under the direction of Dr. Mont A. Cazier at Arizona State University.
- 2012, Jerry G. Walls, Scorpions: Plus Other Popular Invertebrates:
- Most scorpiologists believe that adult scorpions don't even molt, so there is no chance of regrowing a missing part.