English > zoologist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals. |
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| Synonym | animal scientist |
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| Instances | Frisch, Karl von Frisch | Austrian zoologist noted for his studies / studies of honeybees (1886-1982) |
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| Goodall, Jane Goodall | English zoologist noted for her studies / studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934) |
| Kinsey, Alfred Charles Kinsey | United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual / sexual behavior (1894-1956) |
| Lorenz, Konrad Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias Lorenz | Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate / innate / innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989) |
| Tinbergen, Nikolaas Tinbergen | Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate / innate / innate and stereotyped (1907-1988) |
| Narrower | entomologist, bugologist, bug-hunter | A zoologist who studies insects |
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| ethologist | A zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats |
| herpetologist | A zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians |
| ichthyologist | A zoologist who studies fishes |
| malacologist | A zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks |
| mammalogist | One skilled in the study of mammals |
| ornithologist, bird watcher | A zoologist who studies birds |
| protozoologist | A zoologist who studies protozoans |
| Broader | biologist, life scientist | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms |
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| Spanish | zoóloga, zoólogo |
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| Catalan | zoòleg |
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| Nouns | zoology | the branch of biology that studies animals |
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