thysanopterist

English

Noun

thysanopterist (plural thysanopterists)

1. A scientist who studies the Thysanoptera^ws or thrips.
   • 1969, Robbin W. Thorp, Systematics and Ecology of Bees of the Subgenus Diandrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae):

     Because some thysanopterists have not recognized that the substantive Thrips is singular and masculine, we have changed the endings of incorrectly declined specific names.