ecologist
pronunciation
How to pronounce ecologist in British English:
UK [iˈkɒlədʒɪst]
How to pronounce ecologist in American English:
US [iˈkɑːlədʒɪst]
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- Noun:
- a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
Word Origin
- ecologist (n.)
- 1893, see ecology + -ist.
Example
- 1. To an ecologist this looks like an ecosystem whose biodiversity has expanded radically .
- 2. That 's when university of oxford ecologist jeremy thomas went to study the island 's last remaining population .
- 3. Martin lechowicz , a plant ecologist at mcgill university in montreal , quebec is not surprised , however .
- 4. Sbci wildlife ecologist melissa sanger is the lead author of the paper which is published in theinternational journal of ecology .
- 5. Elissa cameron , a mammal ecologist at the university of pretoria in south africa , says the results are convincing and important as the first evidence for the trivers-willard hypothesis in modern humans .