HyperDic: naturalist

English > 2 senses of the word naturalist:
NOUNperson naturalistan advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific / scientific terms
person naturalist, natural scientista biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
naturalist > pronunciation
Soundsnae'cherahlahst; nae'chrahlahst
Rhymesabolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst...
English > naturalist: 2 senses > noun 1, person
MeaningAn advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific / scientific terms.
BroaderphilosopherA specialist in philosophy
Nounsnaturalism(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
English > naturalist: 2 senses > noun 2, person
MeaningA biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology).
Synonymnatural scientist
Categorybotany, phytologyThe branch of biology that studies plants
zoology, zoological scienceThe branch of biology that studies animals
InstancesAgassiz, Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe AgassizUnited States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish
Andrews, Roy Chapman AndrewsUnited States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert CuvierFrench naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
Darwin, Charles Darwin, Charles Robert DarwinEnglish natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
Gesner, Konrad von GesnerSwiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565)
Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry HudsonEnglish naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von HumboldtGerman naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de LamarckFrench naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics / characteristics (1744-1829)
Muir, John MuirUnited States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914)
Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz OkenfussGerman naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living 'infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
Steller, Georg Wilhelm StellerGerman naturalist (1709-1746)
Swammerdam, Jan SwammerdamDutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680)
Wallace, Alfred Russel WallaceEnglish naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
Broaderbiologist, life scientist(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
Spanishnaturalista
Catalannaturalista

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