lepidopterist
pronunciation
How to pronounce lepidopterist in British English:
UK [ˌlepɪˈdɒptərɪst]
How to pronounce lepidopterist in American English:
US [ˌlepɪˈdɑptərɪst]
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- Noun:
- an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
Word Origin
- lepidopterist (n.)
- 1826, from Lepidoptera + -ist.
Example
- 1. As vladimir nabokov the novelist and lepidopterist once put it " the greater one 's science the deeper the sense of mystery . "
- 2. He is a novelist , poet , scholar , and lepidopterist , and also widely recognized as one of the outstanding literary stylists of the twentieth century .