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

Derived forms: paleontologists

Type of: scientist

Encyclopedia: Paleontologist