paleontologist
pronunciation
How to pronounce paleontologist in British English:
UK [pælɪɒn'tɒlədʒɪst]
How to pronounce paleontologist in American English:
US [pælɪɒn'tɒlədʒɪst]
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- Noun:
- a specialist in paleontology
Word Origin
- paleontologist (n.)
- 1836, from paleontology + -ist.
Example
- 1. Within a few months of her arrival , goodall met the famed anthropologist and paleontologist louis leakey .
- 2. Captain euro was born adam andros , the polyglot son of a famous european ambassador and a paleontologist .
- 3. The triceratops skeleton is particularly unusual because it has most of its teeth ; often , skulls are found without any , said tony fiorillo , chief paleontologist at the dallas museum of nature and science .
- 4. Tanzania - paleontologist and national geographic grantee louis leakey and his family inspect the campsite of an early hominid at tanzania 's olduvai gorge .
- 5. Horner , a paleontologist at montana state university , suspects the remains of nanotyrranus may belong to a young tyrannosaurus rex .