noun
(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
• Syn: ↑biologist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑life science, ↑biology (for: ↑biologist)
• Topics: ↑biology, ↑biological science
• Hypernyms: ↑scientist
• Hyponyms:
↑bacteriologist, ↑botanist, ↑phytologist, ↑plant scientist, ↑cytologist, ↑ecologist, ↑geneticist, ↑microbiologist, ↑molecular biologist, ↑naturalist, ↑natural scientist, ↑neurobiologist, ↑physiologist, ↑radiobiologist, ↑sociobiologist, ↑taxonomist, ↑taxonomer, ↑systematist, ↑vivisectionist, ↑zoologist, ↑animal scientist
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Beadle, ↑George Beadle, ↑George Wells Beadle, ↑Carrel, ↑Alexis Carrel, ↑Carson, ↑Rachel Carson, ↑Rachel Louise Carson, ↑Delbruck, ↑Max Delbruck, ↑Haeckel, ↑Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, ↑Huxley, ↑Thomas Huxley, ↑Thomas Henry Huxley, ↑Kendrew, ↑Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, ↑Morgan, ↑Thomas Hunt Morgan, ↑Pasteur, ↑Louis Pasteur
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nounsee life science
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life scientist noun
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Main Entry: ↑life
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life scientist,
a scientist who specializes in one or more of the life sciences.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.