animal scientist
Noun
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A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals (synset 110825826)
is a type of: biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organismssubtypes:
- bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist - a zoologist who studies insects
- 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
- bird watcher, ornithologist - a zoologist who studies birds
- protozoologist - a zoologist who studies protozoans
specific instances:- frisch, karl von frisch - Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
- goodall, jane goodall - English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)
- alfred charles kinsey, kinsey - United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)
- konrad lorenz, konrad zacharias lorenz, lorenz - Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)
- nikolaas tinbergen, tinbergen - Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)
same as: zoologist
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