HyperDic: fossilist

English > 1 sense of the word fossilist:
NOUNperson fossilist, paleontologist, palaeontologista specialist in paleontology
English > fossilist: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA specialist in paleontology.
Synonymspaleontologist, palaeontologist
InstancesGould, Stephen Jay GouldUnited States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002)
Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett LeakeyEnglish paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972)
Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas LeakeyEnglish paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996)
Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine LeakeyEnglish paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents
Owen, Sir Richard OwenEnglish comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de ChardinFrench paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955)
BroaderscientistA person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
Spanishfossilist, paleontólogo
Catalanfossilist, paleontòleg
Nounsfossilthe remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

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