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Noun: palaeontologist  ,pey-lee-un'tó-lu-jist or ,pa-lee-un'tó-lu-jist
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paleontologist)
  1. A specialist in palaeontology
    "The palaeontologist unearthed fossilized remains of a previously unknown dinosaur species";
    - paleontologist [N. Amer], fossilist [archaic]

Derived forms: palaeontologists

Type of: scientist

Encyclopedia: Palaeontologist