English > fossilist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A specialist in paleontology. |
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| Synonyms | paleontologist, palaeontologist |
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| Instances | Gould, Stephen Jay Gould | United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002) |
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| Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey | English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972) |
| Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey | English 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 Leakey | English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents |
| Owen, Sir Richard Owen | English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892) |
| Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955) |
| Broader | scientist | A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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| Spanish | fossilist, paleontólogo |
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| Catalan | fossilist, paleontòleg |
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| Nouns | fossil | the 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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